Microsoft Office \BaseNamedObjects\Mso97SharedDg denial of service
| office-mso97shareddg-dos (24346) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Office is vulnerable to a denial of service caused by insecure permissions in some shared sections with names containing \BaseNamedObjects\Mso97SharedDg when a word document is opened using Firefox. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash or cause a denial of service against other Microsoft Office application users.
Consequences:
Denial of Service
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, 2005-07-27 7:36:46: Shared section vulnerability when opening microsoft office.
- CVE-2005-2429: Firefox, when opening Microsoft Word documents, does not properly set the permissions on shared sections, which allows remote attackers to write arbitrary data to open applications in Microsoft Office.
- SA16256: Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Office 2000
Reported:
Jul 29, 2005
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