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Microsoft WordPad and Office Text converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability( 09 December 2009 )

Last Update Date: 28 Jan 2011 Release Date: 9 Dec 2009 5175 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that text converters in Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Office Word process memory when a user opens a specially crafted Word 97 file.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • Microsoft Windows 2000
  • Windows XP
  • Windows Server 2003
  • Microsoft Office XP
    - Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
    - Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Works 8.5
  • Microsoft Office Converter Pack

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

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