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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1091

Original release date:05/13/2008
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Object Parsing Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-134A
Name: TA08-134A
US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#543907
Name: VU#543907
External Source: MS
Name: MS08-026
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1020013
External Source: BID
Name: 29104
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20080513 ZDI-08-023: Microsoft Office RTF Parsing Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2008-1504
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 30143
Type: Advisory
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5494
External Source: HP
Name: SSRT080071

Vulnerable software and versions

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spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2000:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003:sp2
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2007
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2007_sp1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008::mac
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office:xp:sp3
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack_for_word_excel_ppt_2007:::sp1
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003
spacerspacerNav control image* cpe:/a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003::sp3
* Denotes Vulnerable Software

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