Secunia Security Advisory - Lord Yup has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Microsoft Word Font Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA15998
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/15998/
CRITICAL:
Highly critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Works Suite 2004
http://secunia.com/product/3897/
Microsoft Works Suite 2003
http://secunia.com/product/2143/
Microsoft Works Suite 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2144/
Microsoft Works Suite 2001
http://secunia.com/product/2145/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Word 2000
http://secunia.com/product/2149/
Microsoft Word 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2150/
DESCRIPTION:
Lord Yup has reported a vulnerability in Microsoft Word, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the
parsing of fonts. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer
overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word
document.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
SOLUTION:
Apply patches.
Microsoft Office 2000 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2
Microsoft Office XP SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820
Microsoft Works Suite 2000:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2
Microsoft Works Suite 2001:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=CEE0864B-B196-48F4-A4B9-2ED7FB6D17D2
Microsoft Works Suite 2002:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820
Microsoft Works Suite 2003:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820
Microsoft Works Suite 2004:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=A7E7D2C5-1E2A-4FFB-8FC2-B2B217015820
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Lord Yup
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS05-035 (903672):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS05-035.mspx
iDEFENSE:
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=281&type=vulnerabilities
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