Microsoft Windows WordPad resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows. Affected is an unknown function of the component WordPad. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2008-4841. In addition, an exploit is available. It is advised to disable the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System) (affected version unknown) and classified as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component WordPad. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

The bug was discovered 12/09/2008. The weakness was presented 12/12/2008 by securfrog with 0-Day as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-4841 since 10/31/2008. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/04/2024).

A public exploit has been developed by securfrog and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 76 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 36148 (MS09-010: Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960477)), 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 90474 (WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-010)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 5 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11934.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49588), Exploit-DB (6560), Zero-Day.cz (155), Tenable (36148) and SecurityFocus (BID 32718†). See VDB-46038, VDB-47719, VDB-47716 and VDB-47715 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Attacked
Author: securfrog
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Nessus ID: 36148
Nessus Name: MS09-010: Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960477)
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OpenVAS ID: 900065
OpenVAS Name: WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability (960477)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_wordpad_word97_conv_xst
Saint Name: Microsoft WordPad Word 97 text converter XST buffer overflow

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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: microsoft.com
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: microsoft.com
Researcher: securfrog
Organization: 0-Day
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-4841 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4841
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3893

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X-Force: 49588
SecurityFocus: 32718 - Microsoft WordPad Text Converter Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 32997 - Microsoft Windows WordPad / Office Text Converters Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 50567 - Microsoft Windows WordPad Text Converter Unspecified Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1021376
Vulnerability Center: 20207 - [MS09-010] Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1024

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

Created: 12/19/2008 12:07
Updated: 11/04/2024 19:52
Changes: 12/19/2008 12:07 (119), 08/21/2019 18:35 (2), 07/20/2024 09:52 (23), 11/04/2024 19:52 (1)
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