Microsoft Word 2007 file789-1.doc memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2007 (Word Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function in the library wwlib.dll of the file file789-1.doc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in wwlib.dll in Microsoft Word 2007 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, as demonstrated by file789-1.doc.

The bug was discovered 04/09/2007. The weakness was published 04/10/2007 by Mati Aharoni (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1910 since 04/10/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11517.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (3690). Similar entry is available at 36051.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: Mati Aharoni
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1910 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1017902
Vulnerability Center: 14834 - Microsoft Word 2007 wwlib.dll Buffer Overflow Allows Remote DoS and Possibly Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 23380 - Microsoft Word 2007 WWLib.DLL Unspecified Document File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 37633 - Microsoft - Word 2007 - WWLib.DLL - Unspecified Document File Buffer Overflow Issue

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 07/18/2019 07:02
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (72), 07/18/2019 07:02 (5)
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