VDB-25292 · CVE-2005-1683 · BID 13687

Microsoft winword up to 10.2627.6714 winword.exe memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft winword up to 10.2627.6714. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the file winword.exe. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2005-1683. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft winword up to 10.2627.6714. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the file winword.exe. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in winword.exe 10.2627.6714 and earlier in Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, before SP3 for Word 2002, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted mcw file.

The weakness was disclosed 05/20/2005 by Bahaa Naamneh (Website). The advisory is shared for download at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2005-1683 since 05/20/2005. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 07/24/2017).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 13687†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

winword

Version

10.2627.6714

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.3

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

05/19/2005 🔍
05/20/2005 +1 days 🔍
05/20/2005 +0 days 🔍
05/20/2005 +0 days 🔍
03/11/2015 +3582 days 🔍
07/24/2017 +866 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Bahaa Naamneh
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2005-1683 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1683
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-25292
SecurityFocus: 13687 - Microsoft Word MCW File Handler Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/11/2015 11:41
Updated: 07/24/2017 12:45
Changes: 03/11/2015 11:41 (45), 07/24/2017 12:45 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103