34388 : Microsoft Word RTF Rich Text Properties Parsing Remote Code Execution
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Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date
2007-02-27	2007-02-27	2007-02-27	2007-05-08

Description

Microsoft Word 2003 SP2 (winword.exe file version 11.0.8106.0) contains a flaw that may allow remote code execution. The issue is due to a heap corruption vulnerability in Word, specifically in the handling of property strings in RTF documents. Exploitation requires a target user to load a specially crafted RTF document. When loaded, arbitrary code may be executed with the same permissions as the target user.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required, Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Other
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Private, Exploit Unknown

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch to address this issue. Additionally, it is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s):

Change the default association for RTF files to use WordPad, which is not affected by this vulnerability.

Products

Microsoft Corporation

Word

2003 SP2

References

Security Tracker: 1018013
CVE ID: 2007-1202 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 23836
Related OSVDB ID: 33196 34387
CERT VU: 555489
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article: 934232
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-1709
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-05/0133.html
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525
News Article: http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=199400216
Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS07-024

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CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 6.8
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-05-10 | Disagree?

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