Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed record that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 06/09/2009. The weakness was published 06/09/2009 by Nicolas Joly with VUPEN Security (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0565 since 02/12/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2031 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50062 (MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (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 110099 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-027)).

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 8224.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50794) and Tenable (50062). Similar entries are available at 37163, 48554, 48553 and 48552.

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Nessus ID: 50062
Nessus Name: MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900365
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (969514)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_office_word_sprm_record
Saint Name: MS Office Word malformed Sprm record buffer overflow

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Nicolas Joly
Organization: VUPEN Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0565 (🔍)
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X-Force: 50794
SecurityTracker: 1022356
Vulnerability Center: 22476 - [MS09-027] Microsoft Word Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 35190 - Microsoft Word Record Parsing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
OSVDB: 54960 - Microsoft Office Word Malformed Record Handling Overflow (2009-0565)
Vupen: ADV-2009-1546

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Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/05/2019 17:44
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (92), 09/05/2019 17:44 (3)
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