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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-3214

Original release date:10/13/2010

Last revised:10/05/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

Stack-based buffer overflow in Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2, and 2010; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2; Word Viewer; Office Web Apps; and Word Web App allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document, aka "Word Stack Overflow 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:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA10-285A

Name: TA10-285A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html

External Source: MS

Name: MS10-079

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-079.mspx

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20101014 VUPEN Security Research - Microsoft Office Word Document Stack Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-3214)

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/514302/100/0/threaded

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7322