National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2244

Overview

Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-225A

Name: TA08-225A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html

External Source: XF

Name: microsoft-word-unspecified-code-execution(43663)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43663

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2028

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2028

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020447

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020447

External Source: BID

Name: 30124

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30975

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30975

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5897

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5897

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02360

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBST02360

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2

External Source: MISC

Name: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696

Hyperlink:http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4696

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx

Hyperlink:http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2008/07/08/vulnerability-in-microsoft-word-could-allow-remote-code-execution.aspx

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5897

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

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:5897