Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2004 winword.exe input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2004. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file winword.exe. The manipulation leads to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-1202. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2004 (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the file winword.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 02/27/2007. The weakness was presented 05/08/2007 by iDefense Labs with iDefense Labs VCP (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-1202 since 03/02/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 70 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25173 (MS07-023 / MS07-024 / MS07-025: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (934233 / 934232 / 934873) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110055 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-024)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5325.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33901), Tenable (25173), SecurityFocus (BID 23836†), OSVDB (34388†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018013†). See VDB-2939, VDB-3064, VDB-36627 and VDB-36626 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 25173
Nessus Name: MS07-023 / MS07-024 / MS07-025: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (934233 / 934232 / 934873) (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: iDefense Labs VCP
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1202 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1202
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36628

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X-Force: 33901
SecurityFocus: 23836 - Microsoft Word RTF Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 34388 - Microsoft Word RTF Rich Text Properties Parsing Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1018013
Vulnerability Center: 15040 - [MS07-024] Microsoft RTF Parsing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-1709

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 01/12/2025 07:06 PM
Changes: 03/13/2015 02:56 PM (85), 07/18/2019 06:49 PM (3), 01/12/2025 07:06 PM (17)
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