WordPad and Office Text converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Severity: CRITICAL
CVE Identifier: CVE-2009-2506,MS09-073
Advisory Date: FEB 15, 2011
DESCRIPTION
Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word
2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows
2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the
DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer
overflow.
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Trend Micro Deep Security shields networks through Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) rules. Trend Micro customers using OfficeScan with Intrusion Defense Firewall (IDF) plugin are also protected from attacks using these vulnerabilities. Please refer to the filter number and filter name when applying appropriate DPI and/or IDF rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1003872
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1003872 - WordPad And Office Text Converter Memory Corruption
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- microsoft office_converter_pack
- microsoft office_word 2002
- microsoft office_word 2003
- microsoft windows_2000
- microsoft windows_server_2003
- microsoft windows_xp
- microsoft works 8.5
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