National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1091

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):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-134A

Name: TA08-134A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-134A.html

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#543907

Name: VU#543907

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/543907

External Source: MS

Name: MS08-026

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-026.mspx

External Source: MISC

Name: http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023

Hyperlink:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-023

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1504

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1504/references

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020013

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020013

External Source: BID

Name: 29104

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29104

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080513 ZDI-08-023: Microsoft Office RTF Parsing Engine Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/492020/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30143

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30143

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5494

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5494

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT080071

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02336

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121129490723574&w=2

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5494

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5494