Office Word Viewer WordViewer.ocx ActiveX control buffer overflow
| word-viewer-ocx-bo (34027) |  High 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.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 6.5 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 9, 2011.
References:
- MoAxB #03: WordViewer.ocx 3.2 multiple methods DoS .
- Office OCX & Office Component Web site: Office Viewer OCX.
- 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
Platforms Affected:
- Office OCX Word Viewer OCX 3.2
Reported:
May 03, 2007
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