Microsoft Visio 2002/2003/2007 resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Visio 2002/2003/2007. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2009-0097. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Visio 2002/2003/2007 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2 and 2003 SP3 does not properly validate memory allocation for Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 02/10/2009. The weakness was presented 02/10/2009 by Bing Liu with Fortinet (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0097 since 01/08/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 35633 (MS09-005: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957634)), 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 90479 (Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS09-005)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 6764.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (48305), Tenable (35633), SecurityFocus (BID 33661†), OSVDB (51836†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-20813†). See VDB-46455, VDB-46454, VDB-46452 and VDB-46451 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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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 35633
Nessus Name: MS09-005: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957634)
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OpenVAS ID: 900080
OpenVAS Name: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957634)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Bing Liu
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-46453

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X-Force: 48305
SecurityFocus: 33661 - Microsoft Visio Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 51836 - CVE-2009-0097 - MS09-005 - Microsoft - Visio - Code Execution Issue
Vulnerability Center: 20813 - [MS09-005] Microsoft Office Visio Memory Allocation Validation Vulnerability via Crafted Visio File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0391

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 05/21/2025 00:59
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (78), 08/26/2019 21:18 (5), 05/21/2025 00:59 (20)
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