27148 : Microsoft Office File Processing Malformed String Arbitrary Code Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
2	499	over 5 years ago	about 1 year ago	1 times	90%

Timeline

Disclosure Date	Vendor Solution Date
2006-07-11	2006-07-11

Keywords

aka "Microsoft Office Parsing Vulnerability, "

Description

A local overflow exists in Office, Project, Visio and Office for Mac. The applications fail to validate Office files that contain malformed strings related to record lengths resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request, 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	Office	2003 SP1
		2003 SP2
		XP SP3
		2000 SP3
		2004 for Mac
		v. X for Mac
	Project	2002 SP1
	Project	2000 Service Release 1
	Visio	2002 SP2

References

Security Tracker: 1016469
Bugtraq ID: 18912
CVE ID: 2006-1316 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 21012
SCIP VulDB ID: 2367
Related OSVDB ID: 27149 27150
ISS X-Force ID: 27607
CERT VU: 580036
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 917284
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2006-2756
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS06-038

Tools & Filters

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Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2006-07-12 | Disagree?

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