Content
Exploit-MSWord.e
- Type
- Trojan
- SubType
- Exploit
- Discovery Date
- 01/30/2007
- Length
- Varies
- Minimum DAT
- 4952 (01/30/2007)
- Updated DAT
- 5244 (03/04/2008)
- Minimum Engine
- 5.1.00
- Description Added
- 01/30/2007
- Description Modified
- 03/25/2008 9:01 PM (PT)
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Characteristics
Exploit-MSWord.e is a heuristic detection for Microsoft Word documents and potentially other Microsoft Office files that attempts to cause malicious code executation by exploiting arbitrary buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
As it is heuristic, detected variants may be targeting both new or old vulnerabilities.
Symptoms
A component of Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel or Access crashing or the unexpected execution of a dropped PE file.
Method of Infection
This threat can potentially exploit a new or known Microsoft Office vulnerability.
Removal
Submit a copy of the detected file to AVERT for further instructions.
Variants
Variants
N/A
All Information
Overview -
Exploit-MSWord.e is a heuristic detection for Microsoft Word documents and potentially other Microsoft Office files that attempts to cause malicious code executation by exploiting arbitrary buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Characteristics
Characteristics -
Exploit-MSWord.e is a heuristic detection for Microsoft Word documents and potentially other Microsoft Office files that attempts to cause malicious code executation by exploiting arbitrary buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
As it is heuristic, detected variants may be targeting both new or old vulnerabilities.
Symptoms
Symptoms -
A component of Microsoft Office such as Word, Excel or Access crashing or the unexpected execution of a dropped PE file.
Method of Infection
Method of Infection -
This threat can potentially exploit a new or known Microsoft Office vulnerability.
Removal -
Removal -
Submit a copy of the detected file to AVERT for further instructions.
Variants
Variants -
N/A
