Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-0033. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Outlook 2002 and 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed VEVENT record in an .iCal meeting request or ICS file.

The bug was discovered 01/09/2007. The weakness was disclosed 01/09/2007 by Lurene Grenier with Sourcefire (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0033 since 01/03/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2773 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 23999 (MS07-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925938)), 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 110049 (Microsoft Outlook Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS07-003)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 9841. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4960.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (23999), SecurityFocus (BID 21931†), OSVDB (31252†), Secunia (SA23674†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017488†). The entries VDB-2810, VDB-2809, VDB-2808 and VDB-34321 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 23999
Nessus Name: MS07-003: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Outlook Could Allow Remote Code Execution (925938)
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Snort ID: 9841
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Lurene Grenier
Organization: Sourcefire
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-0033 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-0033
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-34322

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SecurityFocus: 21931 - Microsoft Outlook VEVENT Record Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 23674 - Microsoft Outlook Multiple Vulnerabilities, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31252 - Microsoft Outlook VEVENT Record Handling Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017488
Vulnerability Center: 13961 - [MS07-003] Microsoft Outlook Code Execution via VEVENT Record in an .iCal Meeting Request, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0104

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 22:21
Updated: 01/12/2025 03:51
Changes: 03/12/2015 22:21 (85), 07/13/2019 16:04 (9), 01/12/2025 03:51 (16)
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