Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Pointer resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Pointer Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2007-1754. No exploit exists. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality of the component Pointer Handler. 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. CVE summarizes:

PUBCONV.DLL in Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 does not properly clear memory when transferring data from disk to memory, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page via a certain negative value, which bypasses a sanitization procedure that initializes critical pointers to NULL, aka the "Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Vulnerability".

The issue has been introduced in 01/30/2007. The weakness was disclosed 07/10/2007 by Greg Linares with eEye (Website). The advisory is shared for download at research.eeye.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2007-1754 since 03/29/2007. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 161 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 25688 (MS07-037: Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936548)), 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110056 (Microsoft Office Publisher 2007 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-037)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 16051.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (25688), SecurityFocus (BID 22702†), OSVDB (35953†), Secunia (SA25988†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018353†). The entry VDB-35236 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Office Suite Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Office Publisher

Version

2007

License

commercial

Website

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

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.6
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 25688
Nessus Name: MS07-037: Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936548)
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: microsoft.com

Snort ID: 16051

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: research.eeye.com
Researcher: Greg Linares
Organization: eEye
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1754 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1754
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3172

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SecurityFocus: 22702 - Microsoft Office Publisher Invalid Memory Reference Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25988 - Microsoft Office Publisher Arbitrary Pointer Dereference Vulnerability, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 35953 - Microsoft Office Publisher .pub Page Data Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1018353
Vupen: ADV-2007-2479

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/18/2007 16:23
Updated: 06/09/2025 01:00
Changes: 07/18/2007 16:23 (81), 04/26/2019 21:39 (5), 06/09/2025 01:00 (18)
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