56914 : Microsoft Office Web Components OWC10 ActiveX Loading/Unloading Memory Allocation Arbitrary Code Execution
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-08-11

Time to Patch
866 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-0562" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The Office Web Components ActiveX Control in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, Office XP Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP3, Office 2003 Web Components SP1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System, Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 SP3 and 2006 SP1, and Office Small Business Accounting 2006 does not properly allocate memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors that trigger "system state" corruption, aka "Office Web Components Memory Allocation Vulnerability."

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access, Local / Remote, Context Dependent
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Patch / RCS
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Vendor Verified, Coordinated Disclosure

Solution

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

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-0562 (see also: NVD)
Related OSVDB ID: 56915 56916
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 957638
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-08/0088.html
News Article: http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Microsoft-to-Fix-Windows-Office-Bugs-in-Critical-Updates-641093/
Generic Exploit URL: http://www.saintcorporation.com/cgi-bin/exploit_info/ms_office_web_components_datasourcecontrol
Other Advisory URL: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-055
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS09-043

Tools & Filters

Snort	15852 15853 7876 7877
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Credit

Peter Vreugdenhil - Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-08-12 | Disagree?

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