Microsoft Office Word Document Handling Code Execution Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
10 Jul 2008
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RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Office, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a memory corruption error when handling malformed Word documents, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Word 2002 Service Pack 3
Solutions
There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.
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