Microsoft Word/Powerpoint 97 Conversion Utility memory corruption
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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word and Powerpoint 97 (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Conversion Utility. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Buffer overflow in the conversion utilities for Japanese, Korean and Chinese Word 5 documents allows an attacker to execute commands, aka the "Malformed Conversion Data" vulnerability.
The weakness was disclosed 01/20/2000 with Microsoft as MS00-002 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0088. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS00-002 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3876).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Patch: MS00-002
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS00-002
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-0088 (🔍)
X-Force: 3876
Vulnerability Center: 3990 - [MS00-002] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Conversion Utility for Word 5 Documents Enables Code Executi, Medium
SecurityFocus: 946 - Microsoft East Asian Word Conversion Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/23/2014 15:56Updated: 06/05/2019 13:14
Changes: 06/23/2014 15:56 (44), 06/05/2019 13:14 (20)
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