CVE-2007-1202: Input Validation
First published: Tue May 08 2007(Updated: )
Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."
Credit: secure@microsoft.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Word | =2000-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Word | =2002-sp3 | |
| Microsoft Word | =2003-sp2 | |
| Microsoft Word | =2004 | |
| Microsoft Word Viewer | =2003 | |
| Microsoft Works | =2004 | |
| Microsoft Works | =2005 | |
| Microsoft Works | =2006 |
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Reference Links
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489
- http://www.osvdb.org/34388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900
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