Microsoft Office 2002/2003 numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2002/2003. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2009-2506. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2002/2003 (Office Suite Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The weakness was shared 12/09/2009 by iDefense Labs with VeriSign iDefense Labs (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-2506 since 07/17/2009. 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. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/31/2025).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 43065 (MS09-073: Vulnerability in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975539)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90572 (Microsoft WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-073)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8759.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (54444), Tenable (43065), SecurityFocus (BID 37216†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-24323†). The entries VDB-51078, VDB-51077, VDB-51076 and VDB-51075 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 43065
Nessus Name: MS09-073: Vulnerability in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (975539)
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OpenVAS ID: 901068
OpenVAS Name: WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (975539)
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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: iDefense Labs
Organization: VeriSign iDefense Labs
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2506 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2506
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-51074

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X-Force: 54444
SecurityFocus: 37216 - Microsoft WordPad and Office Text Converters Word 97 File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 24323 - [MS09-073] Microsoft Windows WordPad and Text Converters Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 03/31/2025 05:42
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (67), 02/18/2017 09:22 (12), 08/28/2021 13:51 (2), 03/31/2025 05:42 (17)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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