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(MS09-010) Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability II (960477)

Type
Buffer Overflow
Impact of exploitation
Remote Code Execution
User Interaction
user interaction is needed
Attack Vector
Maliciously Crafted File
Rating
Low
CVE reference
CVE-2009-0235,
Vendor Status
Responded and patched
Vulnerable systems
Windows  2000 SP4,
Windows  XP SP3,
Windows  XP X64 SP2,
Windows  2003 SP2,
Windows 2003 x64  SP2,
Windows  2003 Itanium SP2,
Windows  Vista SP1,
Summary
A vulnerability in Microsoft Word may allow for remote code execution.

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Description

A vulnerability in Microsoft Word may allow for remote code execution. The flaw is specific to a memory corruption error when processing specially-crafted Word documents via the Word 97 Text Converter.

McAfee Product Mitigation & Recommendations

Recommendations

The vendor has released a patch to address this issue: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-010.mspx

McAfee Product Mitigation

McAfee Foundstone
Signature:
(MS09-010) Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability II (960477)
Signature identifier:
6598
Release date:
4/14/2009
McAfee Intrushield
Signature:
HTTP: Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability II
Signature identifier:
0x4025D500
Release date:
4/14/2009
First released in:
5.1.17, 4.1.47

The Remedy V-Flash of 4/14/2009 will contain remedies for Windows and Office XP. Office 2000 requires manual interaction.

Additional Resources

Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters could allow Remote Code Execution (960477)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-010.mspx

All Information

Timeline -

4/14/2009

Vendor has provided a patch.

Description -

A vulnerability in Microsoft Word may allow for remote code execution. The flaw is specific to a memory corruption error when processing specially-crafted Word documents via the Word 97 Text Converter.

McAfee Product Mitigation & Recommendations

Recommendations -

The vendor has released a patch to address this issue: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-010.mspx

McAfee Product Mitigation

McAfee Foundstone
Signature:
(MS09-010) Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability II (960477)
Signature identifier:
6598
Release date:
4/14/2009
McAfee Intrushield
Signature:
HTTP: Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability II
Signature identifier:
0x4025D500
Release date:
4/14/2009
First released in:
5.1.17, 4.1.47

The Remedy V-Flash of 4/14/2009 will contain remedies for Windows and Office XP. Office 2000 requires manual interaction.

Additional Resources

Additional Resources -

Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters could allow Remote Code Execution (960477)

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-010.mspx