VDB-1669 · SA16256 · GCVE-100-1669

Microsoft Word 2000 Shared Sections denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Word 2000 and classified as problematic. This affects an unknown function of the component Shared Sections Handler. This manipulation causes denial of service. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement restrictive firewalling.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Word 2000 (Word Processing Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component Shared Sections Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The weakness was shared 07/29/2005 by Sylvain Roger with Solucom (Website). The advisory is shared at secunia.com. The attack can be launched remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.Proper firewalling of is able to address this issue. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be applying a restrictive firewalling.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Secunia (SA16256†). The entries VDB-1668, VDB-1664, VDB-1665 and VDB-1667 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Firewall
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com

Timelineinfo

07/29/2005 🔍
08/02/2005 +4 days 🔍
07/04/2019 +5084 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Sylvain Roger
Organization: Solucom
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1669
Secunia: 16256 - Microsoft Office Insecure Shared Section Permissions, Not Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/02/2005 15:07
Updated: 07/04/2019 06:42
Changes: 08/02/2005 15:07 (47), 07/04/2019 06:42 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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