Office Word Viewer WordViewer.ocx ActiveX control buffer overflow

word-viewer-ocx-bo (34027) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

The Office Word Viewer ActiveX control (WordViewer.ocx) is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to visit a specially-crafted Web page that passes an overly long argument to the DoOleCommand, FTPDownloadFile, FTPUploadFile, HttpUploadFile, GotoPage, Save, or SaveWebFile method, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the victim's browser to crash.

Platforms Affected:

  • Office OCX, Word Viewer OCX 3.2

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • MoAxB #03, WordViewer.ocx 3.2 multiple methods DoS at http://moaxb.blogspot.com/2007/05/moaxb-03-wordviewerocx-32-multiple_03.html.
  • Office OCX & Office Component Web site, Office Viewer OCX at http://www.officeocx.com/.
  • BID-23784: Office OCX WordViewer.OCX Word Viewer ActiveX Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2007-2496: The WordOCX ActiveX control in WordViewer.ocx 3.2.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) via a long (1) DoOleCommand, (2) FTPDownloadFile, (3) FTPUploadFile, (4) HttpUploadFile, (5) GotoPage, (6) Save, (7) SaveWebFile, (8) HttpDownloadFile, (9) Open, (10) OpenWebFile, (11) SaveAs, or (12) ShowWordStandardDialog property value.
  • SA25100: Word Viewer OCX ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-1634: Office OCX Word Viewer Multiple Method Remote Command Execution Vulnerability

Reported:

May 03, 2007

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