Microsoft Office string parsing buffer overflow
| office-string-parse-bo (27607) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Office is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By creating a malicious Office file containing a specially-crafted string, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the user, once the Office file is opened and the string is parsed using an affected Office application. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by sending the malicious file to a victim as an email attachment or hosting it on a Web site.
Note: This is different than the vulnerabilities described in CVE-2006-1540 and CVE-2006-1316.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Office 2000 SP3
- Microsoft, Office 2003 SP1
- Microsoft, Office 2003 SP2
- Microsoft, Office 2004
- Microsoft, Office X Mac OS
- Microsoft, Office XP SP3
- Microsoft, Project 2000 SR1
- Microsoft, Project 2002 SP2
- Microsoft, Project 98
- Microsoft, Visio 2002 SP2
Remedy:
Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.
— OR —
Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-038, Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917284) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-038.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-048, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922968) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-048.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-062, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922581) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-062.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-015, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932554) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-015.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-016, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-016.mspx.
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-055, Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-055.mspx.
- ASA-2006-135: Windows Security Updates for July 2006 - (MS06-033 - MS06-039)
- BID-18912: Microsoft Office String Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-1316: Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, Office 2000 SP3, and other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Office file with malformed string that triggers memory corruption related to record lengths, aka Microsoft Office Parsing Vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 27148: Microsoft Office File Processing Malformed String Arbitrary Code Execution
- SA21012: Microsoft Office String and Property Parsing Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1016469: Microsoft Office String Parsing and Property Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- US-CERT VU#580036: Microsoft Office fails to properly handle malformed strings
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2756: Microsoft Office Document Handling Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-038)
Reported:
Jul 11, 2006
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