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TITLE:
Microsoft Word Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30143

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30143/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2276/
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2277/
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2275/
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
http://secunia.com/product/2278/
Microsoft Office 2007
http://secunia.com/product/13228/
Microsoft Office Word 2007
http://secunia.com/product/14703/
Microsoft Word 2000
http://secunia.com/product/2149/
Microsoft Word 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2150/
Microsoft Word 2003
http://secunia.com/product/4908/
Microsoft Word Viewer 2003
http://secunia.com/product/5523/
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
2007 File Formats
http://secunia.com/product/14165/
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/8713/
Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/17922/

DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Word, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) An error when parsing objects in rich text format (.rtf) files can
be exploited to corrupt memory e.g. when a user opens a specially
crafted .rtf file containing malformed strings with Word or previews
a specially crafted e-mail containing malformed strings as rich text
or HTML.

2) An error exists in the processing of cascading style sheets (CSS)
values and can be exploited to corrupt memory when a specially
crafted Word file is opened.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply updates.

Microsoft Office 2000 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=9215ff71-38c0-416a-b89a-fe3474160f41

Microsoft Office XP SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=b348a518-221e-4567-a797-999715a8b2ef

Microsoft Office 2003 SP2/SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=bc33d144-f917-47b8-961f-744ca847e14c

2007 Microsoft Office System (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=071ceaa2-12e3-4401-9331-2a54a93e2550

Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 (optionally with SP3):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=bce7ea31-2bf0-4930-aff9-837bcc82a682
x?FamilyId=bce7ea31-2bf0-4930-aff9-837bcc82a682

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
2007 File Formats (optionally with SP1):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2d718f37-c5d1-4e15-a7e1-5a15fedef52f

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=99F54471-CCF9-4D94-A882-A05ECD128ADC

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=395D1487-A3A6-4106-A0F8-4D6E1D6D89D2

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits wushi, team509 via Zero Day Initiative.
2) The vendor credits Jun Mao, iDefense Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS08-026:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-026.mspx

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