First published: Tue Jul 11 2006(Updated: )
Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, Office 2000 SP3, and other products, allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Office file with a malformed property that triggers memory corruption related to record lengths, aka "Microsoft Office Property Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1316.
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Office | =2003-sp1 | |
Microsoft Office | =xp-sp3 | |
Microsoft Office | =2003-sp2 | |
Microsoft Office | =2000-sp3 |
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CVE-2006-2389 has been rated with a high severity level due to its potential to allow arbitrary code execution.
To mitigate CVE-2006-2389, users should install the latest security updates provided by Microsoft for the affected versions of Office.
CVE-2006-2389 affects Microsoft Office 2003 SP1 and SP2, Office XP SP3, and Office 2000 SP3.
CVE-2006-2389 requires user interaction, so exploitation typically occurs when a user opens a malicious Office file.
CVE-2006-2389 is caused by memory corruption related to record lengths in Microsoft Office files.