National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-3493
Original release date:07/10/2006
Last revised:03/08/2011
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Buffer overflow in LsCreateLine function (mso_203) in mso.dll and mso9.dll, as used by Microsoft Word and possibly other products in Microsoft Office 2003, 2002, and 2000, allows remote user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted Word DOC or other Office file type. NOTE: this issue was originally reported to allow code execution, but on 20060710 Microsoft stated that code execution is not possible, and the original researcher agrees.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0):
Impact Subscore:
6.4
Exploitability Subscore:
4.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: High
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides user account access, Allows partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
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External Source: XF
Name: office-lscreateline-dos(27617)
External Source: XF
Name: office-lscreateline-dos(27617)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2006-2720
External Source: BID
Name: 18905
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060711 Fuzzing Microsoft Office
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20060710 MS Word Unchecked Boundary Condition Vulnerability
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1016453
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060711 Fuzzing Microsoft Office
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060707 MS Word Unchecked Boundary Condition
External Source: MISC
Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/07/10/441006.aspx
External Source: FULLDISC
Name: 20060707 MS Word Unchecked Boundary Condition Vulnerability - POC
