Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 13 Nov 2013 17:03 Release Date: 13 Nov 2013 3296 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products

WPD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that affected Microsoft Office software parses specially crafted WordPerfect document (.wpd) files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights.
Word Stack Buffer Overwrite Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that affected Microsoft Office software parses specially crafted WordPerfect document files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Word Heap Overwrite Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that affected Microsoft Office software parses specially crafted WordPerfect document files. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could take complete control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.