31251 : Microsoft Office 2003 Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline
Disclosure Date Vendor Solution Date
2007-01-09 2007-01-09

Description

A local memory corruption flaw exists in the Office. The Brazilian Portuguese grammar checker fails to validate Office file contents resulting in a memory corruption. With a specially crafted file, 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
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor 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
 2003 SP2 (Brazilian Portuguese)
2003 SP2 Multilingual User Interface
Project
Watch-list
 2003 SP2 Multilingual User Interface
Visio
Watch-list
 2003 SP2 Multilingual User Interface
Office Proofing Tools
Watch-list
 2003 SP2

References

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-01-10 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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