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8.3 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, was found in Microsoft Word 2002 (Word Processing Software). This affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.
The bug was discovered 07/08/2008. The weakness was presented 07/09/2008 with 0-DAY as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2008-2244 since 05/16/2008. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/05/2019).
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 $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33871 (MS08-042: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955048)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l.
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6245.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43663) and Tenable (33871).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.6VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.3
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 33871
Nessus Name: MS08-042: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (955048)
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OpenVAS ID: 900006
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Patch: microsoft.com
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: microsoft.com
Organization: 0-DAY
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-2244 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43663 - Microsoft Word record parsing code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1020447
Vulnerability Center: 18769 - [MS08-042] Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 Allows Remote Code Execution or DoS via Crafted Doc File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30124 - Microsoft Word Malformed Record Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 30975
OSVDB: 46914 - Microsoft Word DOC File Handling Unspecified Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2008-2028
Entry
Created: 07/21/2008 15:26Updated: 09/05/2019 13:37
Changes: 07/21/2008 15:26 (101), 09/05/2019 13:37 (2)
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