Microsoft Word 2000 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Word 2000. This affects an unknown part. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-0870. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000 (Word Processing Software) and classified as very critical. This issue affects some unknown processing. 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:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via unknown vectors, a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-5994, CVE-2006-6456, CVE-2006-6561, and CVE-2007-0515, a variant of Exploit-MS06-027.

The bug was discovered 02/14/2007. The weakness was shared 02/15/2007 with Microsoft as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-0870 since 02/11/2007. 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. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/12/2025).

It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25173 (MS07-023 / MS07-024 / MS07-025: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (934233 / 934232 / 934873) (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 110055 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-024)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. 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 5139.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32503), Zero-Day.cz (178), Tenable (25173), SecurityFocus (BID 22567†) and OSVDB (33196†). The entries VDB-3064, VDB-36628, VDB-36617 and VDB-36616 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
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Status: Attacked

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Nessus ID: 25173
Nessus Name: MS07-023 / MS07-024 / MS07-025: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Allow Remote Code Execution (934233 / 934232 / 934873) (Mac OS X)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Patch: microsoft.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0870 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0870
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2939

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X-Force: 32503 - Microsoft Word document malformed string code execution, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 22567 - Microsoft Word 2000/2002 Document Stream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24122 - Microsoft Word Three Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 33196 - Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption Arbitrary Code Execution (934232)
SecurityTracker: 1017653
Vulnerability Center: 14319 - [MS07-024] Microsoft Word Document Stream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2007-0607

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 02/16/2007 18:05
Updated: 01/12/2025 17:51
Changes: 02/16/2007 18:05 (98), 07/14/2019 18:10 (2), 07/21/2024 11:28 (24), 01/12/2025 17:51 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:023:103

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