Executive Summary
Summary | |
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Title | Vulnerability in WordPad Text Converter Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Informations | |||
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Name | KB960906 | First vendor Publication | 2008-12-09 |
Vendor | Microsoft | Last vendor Modification | 2009-04-14 |
Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | 2.0 |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
Cvss vector : N/A | |||
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Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | |||
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Cvss Base Score | 9.3 | Attack Range | Network |
Cvss Impact Score | 10 | Attack Complexity | Medium |
Cvss Expoit Score | 8.6 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS09-010 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS09-010. The vulnerability addressed is the WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability - CVE-2008-4841. |
Original Source
Url : http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspx |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
% | Id | Name |
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100 % | CWE-399 | Resource Management Errors |
OVAL Definitions
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6050 | |||
Oval ID: | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6050 | ||
Title: | WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability | ||
Description: | The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure. | ||
Family: | windows | Class: | vulnerability |
Reference(s): | CVE-2008-4841 | Version: | 6 |
Platform(s): | Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Windows Vista | Product(s): | |
Definition Synopsis: | |||
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CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Type | Description | Count |
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Application | 2 |
SAINT Exploits
Description | Link |
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Microsoft WordPad Word 97 text converter XST buffer overflow | More info here |
OpenVAS Exploits
Date | Description |
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2008-12-12 | Name : WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability (960477) File : nvt/secpod_ms_wordpad_mult_vuln.nasl |
Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)
Id | Description |
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50567 | Microsoft Windows WordPad Text Converter Unspecified Memory Corruption |
Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)
Date | Description |
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2009-04-16 | IAVM : 2009-A-0032 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0018752 |
Snort® IPS/IDS
Date | Description |
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2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office Word Converter XST structure buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 17406 - Revision : 10 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office Word Converter XST structure buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 17405 - Revision : 11 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office Word Converter XST structure buffer overflow attempt RuleID : 17404 - Revision : 13 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
2014-01-10 | Microsoft Office WordPad and Office Text Converters XST parsing buffer overfl... RuleID : 15455 - Revision : 9 - Type : FILE-OFFICE |
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
Date | Description |
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2009-04-15 | Name : It is possible to execute arbitrary code on the remote Windows host using a t... File : smb_nt_ms09-010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
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2013-05-11 00:46:46 |
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