National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0183
Original release date:05/09/2012
Last revised:01/30/2013
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Word 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2008 and 2011 for Mac, and Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, aka "RTF Mismatch Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
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: TA12-129A
Name: TA12-129A
External Source: MS
Name: MS12-029
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1027035
External Source: BID
Name: 53344
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 49111
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15327