Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp (Office Suite Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

WPGIMP32.FLT in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, and 2003 SP2; Office Converter Pack; and Works 8 does not properly parse the length of a WordPerfect Graphics (WPG) file, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WPG file, aka the "WPG Image File Heap Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 08/12/2008. The weakness was disclosed 08/12/2008 by Damian Put (iDefense) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-3460 since 08/04/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3354 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 33873 (MS08-044: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924090)), 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. 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 6225.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (43354) and Tenable (33873). The entries 3794, 3795, 3796 and 3792 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 33873
Nessus Name: MS08-044: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924090)
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OpenVAS ID: 900029
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (924090)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Damian Put (iDefense)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-3460 (🔍)
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X-Force: 43354
SecurityTracker: 1020673
Vulnerability Center: 19149 - [MS08-044] Microsoft Office Vulnerability Allows Code Execution or DoS via a Malformed WPG File, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30600 - Microsoft Office WPG Image File Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 31336 - Microsoft Office Filters Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 47397 - MS08-044 - Microsoft Office WPG Image File Remote Code Execution Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-2348

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Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/15/2019 17:01
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (92), 08/15/2019 17:01 (5)
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