Microsoft Word 2002/2003 code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Word 2002/2003. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2010-3221. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Word 2002/2003 (Word Processing 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 code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3, Office 2004 for Mac, and Word Viewer do not properly handle a malformed record during parsing of a Word document, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Parsing Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 10/13/2010 with VUPEN (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3221. 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 current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/26/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 49956 (MS10-079: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194)), 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 110135 (Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-079)).

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 databases at X-Force (62098), Tenable (49956), SecurityFocus (BID 43784†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-27655†). Similar entries are available at VDB-4196, VDB-55001, VDB-54995 and VDB-54994. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 49956
Nessus Name: MS10-079: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2293194)
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OpenVAS ID: 902265
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293194)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Organization: VUPEN
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3221 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3221
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54980

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X-Force: 62098
SecurityFocus: 43784 - Microsoft Word Record Value Parsing (CVE-2010-3221) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 27655 - [MS10-079] Microsoft Word, Word Viewer and Office 2004 for Mac Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/26/2021 14:53
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/07/2017 09:52 (9), 09/26/2021 14:48 (3), 09/26/2021 14:53 (1)
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