Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2007 LFO code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2007 and classified as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component LFO. The manipulation results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2008-4024. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Word 2000/2002/2003/2007 (Word Processing Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component LFO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was disclosed 12/09/2008 by Ricardo Narvaja (Wushi) with Core as MS08-072 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-4024 since 09/10/2008. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35071 (MS08-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957173)), 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 110092 (Microsoft Word Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS08-072)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-072 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (46845), Tenable (35071), SecurityFocus (BID 32579†), OSVDB (50592†) and Secunia (SA30285†). The entries VDB-3887, VDB-3886, VDB-3889 and VDB-3884 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 35071
Nessus Name: MS08-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957173)
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OpenVAS ID: 900063
OpenVAS Name: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957173)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-072
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-072
Researcher: Ricardo Narvaja (Wushi)
Organization: Core
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-4024 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3882

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X-Force: 46845
SecurityFocus: 32579 - Microsoft Word RTF Polyline/Polygon Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 30285 - Microsoft Office Word Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50592 - Microsoft Office Word Malformed Value Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1021370
Vulnerability Center: 20185 - [MS08-072] Microsoft Word Records Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Crafted Word File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-3384

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/19/2008 11:07
Updated: 08/21/2019 17:06
Changes: 12/19/2008 11:07 (105), 08/21/2019 17:06 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:642:103

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