Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint 2000 Object Tag memory corruption
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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2000 (Word Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Object Tag Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:
Buffer overflow in the HTML interpreter in Microsoft Office 2000 allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands via a long embedded object tag, aka the "Microsoft Office HTML Object Tag" vulnerability.
The weakness was disclosed 10/20/2000 with Microsoft as MS00-056 as confirmed security bulletin (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2000-0765. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
Applying the patch MS00-056 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (5080).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Patch: MS00-056
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS00-056
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2000-0765 (🔍)
X-Force: 5080
Vulnerability Center: 4024 - [MS00-056] Buffer Overflow in Microsoft Office 2000 HTML Interpreter via Embedded Object Tags, Medium
SecurityFocus: 1561 - Microsoft Word / Excel / Powerpoint 2000 Object Tag Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Entry
Created: 06/27/2014 17:35Updated: 06/05/2019 13:14
Changes: 06/27/2014 17:35 (44), 06/05/2019 13:14 (20)
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