Microsoft Word 2000/2002 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical has been found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes code injection. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2007-3899. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002 (Word Processing Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2000 SP3, Word 2002 SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed string in a Word file, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 10/09/2007. The weakness was presented 10/09/2007 by Liu Kun-Hao with Information and Communication Security Technology as MS07-060 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-3899 since 07/19/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/07/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

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 26966 (MS07-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (942695)), 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 110065 (Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-060)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-060 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 12641. In this case the pattern |FE|7|00 23| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5668.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (36801), Zero-Day.cz (390), Tenable (26966), SecurityFocus (BID 25906†) and OSVDB (37632†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 26966
Nessus Name: MS07-060: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (942695)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS07-060

Snort ID: 12641
Snort Message: POLICY Word for Mac 5 file download
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-060
Researcher: Liu Kun-Hao
Organization: Information and Communication Security Technology
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-3899 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-3899
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3373

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X-Force: 36801
SecurityFocus: 25906 - Microsoft Word Workspace Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 27151
OSVDB: 37632 - Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1018790
Vulnerability Center: 16467 - [MS07-060] Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution via Word File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-3440

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

Entryinfo

Created: 10/18/2007 09:49
Updated: 06/07/2025 20:01
Changes: 10/18/2007 09:49 (100), 07/27/2019 11:44 (3), 07/21/2024 04:43 (24), 06/07/2025 20:01 (3)
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