VDB-35372 · CVE-2007-1238 · OSVDB 34489

Microsoft Office 2003 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Microsoft Office 2003. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1238. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Office 2003 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office 2003 allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by attempting to insert a corrupted WMF file.

The issue has been introduced in 11/17/2003. The weakness was disclosed 03/03/2007 as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-1238 since 03/03/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1202 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

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 OSVDB (34489†). The entries VDB-35378, VDB-35373 and VDB-35206 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

Office Suite Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

Office

Version

2003

License

commercial

Website

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

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CVSSv3info

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: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/17/2003 🔍
03/03/2007 +1202 days 🔍
03/03/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/03/2007 +0 days 🔍
03/26/2007 +23 days 🔍
03/13/2015 +2908 days 🔍
04/13/2019 +1492 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-1238 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1238
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35372
OSVDB: 34489 - Microsoft Office 2003 Malformed WMF File Handling DoS

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 04/13/2019 16:52
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (51), 04/13/2019 16:52 (2)
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