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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Word 2002/2003/2007/2010 (Word Processing Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown part. 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:
Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Word Viewer; Office Web Apps; and Word Web App allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document, aka "Word Stack Overflow Vulnerability."
The weakness was released 10/12/2010 by Omair with Microsoft as MS10-079 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3214 since 09/03/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 187 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50068 (MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (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 110135 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-079)).
Applying the patch MS10-079 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 10647.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (62077) and Tenable (50068). news.cnet.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 54995, 54994, 54991 and 54990.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 50068
Nessus Name: MS10-079 / MS10-080 : Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194 / 2293211) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902265
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293194)
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS10-079
Researcher: Omair
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2010-3214 (🔍)
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X-Force: 62077
Vulnerability Center: 27645 - [MS10-079] Microsoft Word Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability Because of Stack Validation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 43646 - Microsoft Excel Record Format Parsing (CVE-2010-3232) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 41790 - Microsoft Office Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 68581 - Microsoft Office Word File Unspecified Structure Handling Stack Overflow
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Created: 10/19/2010 02:00Updated: 03/18/2021 11:59
Changes: 10/19/2010 02:00 (97), 03/07/2017 09:49 (11), 03/18/2021 11:59 (2)
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