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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-0256

Original release date:04/14/2010

Last revised:08/21/2010

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly calculate unspecified indexes associated with Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Visio Index Calculation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:7.6 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

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 administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Per: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-028.mspx 'Users of Microsoft Office Visio 2002 and later versions of Visio will be prompted with Open, Save, or Cancel before opening a document. This is a mitigating factor because the vulnerability requires more than a single user action to complete the exploit.'

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-103A

Name: TA10-103A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-103A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-028

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-028.mspx

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6732

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6732