Microsoft Office property field buffer overflow
| office-property-string-bo (27609) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Office is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. By creating a malicious Office file containing a specially-crafted property field, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with privileges of the user, once the malicious file is opened. 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 5.6 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
| Temporal Score: | 4.1 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
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 The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.
References:
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-038: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (917284).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-048: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922968).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-062: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922581).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932554).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030).
- Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-055: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955047).
- ASA-2006-135: Windows Security Updates for July 2006 - (MS06-033 - MS06-039)
- BID-18911: Microsoft Office Property Code Execution Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-2389: 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 a malformed property that triggers memory corruption related to record lengths, aka Microsoft Office Property Vulnerability
- OSVDB ID: 27149: Microsoft Office Malformed Property Overflow 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#409316: Microsoft Office fails to properly handle document properties
- VUPEN/ADV-2006-2756: Microsoft Office Document Handling Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS06-038)
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
Reported:
Jul 11, 2006
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