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jaybee -> MS Word Security Issue (2/15/2007 8:52:37)

Yes, another one.

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A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a memory corruption error when handling a malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Word document.

Products: Office 2000 and XP

Exploits: Discovered as a 0-day. The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited.




mtfm -> RE: MS Word Security Issue (2/15/2007 10:23:28)

what is the date on that? Looks like one I saw a couple of weeks ago....

and do you have a link to where you're quiting from?

Andrew




jaybee -> RE: MS Word Security Issue (2/15/2007 11:28:47)

Brand new, notified 15/02/07
Microsoft Word - Memory Corruption Vulnerability being exploited

http://secunia.com/advisories/24122/
http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0607
http://secunia.com/cve_reference/CVE-2007-0870/
http://www.avertlabs.com/research/blog/?p=199




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