27150 : Microsoft Office MSO.DLL String Processing Overflow
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Last Modified
8 months ago

Percent Complete
100%

Disclosure
Jul 11, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

Dates

Exploit
Feb 12, 2006

Solution
Unknown

Description

 A local overflow exists in Office, Project, Visio and Office for Mac. MSO.DLL fails to validate Office documents resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted file containing a malformed string, an attacker can cause arbitrary code execution resulting in a loss of integrity.

Classification

 Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue. However, Microsoft has released a patch to address this vulnerability.

Products
Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
Office
Watch-list
 XP SP3
2000 SP3
2003 SP1
2003 SP2
2004 for Mac
v. X for Mac
Project
Watch-list
 2002 SP1
2000 Service Release 1
Visio
Watch-list
 2002 SP2

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Snort

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Credit
  • Elia Florio - elia_florioBrand New Doo Doosymantec.com - Symantec Corp.

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