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Sid
23356

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Summary:
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in office word.

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Impact:
Denial of Service. Information disclosure. Loss of integrity. 

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Detailed Information:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

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Affected Systems:
microsoft office word 2000
microsoft office word 2002

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Attack Scenarios:


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Ease of Attack:
Simple. Exploits exist.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action:
Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
This document was generated from data supplied by the National Vulnerability Database. A product of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
For more information see http://nvd.nist.gov/

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Additional References:

NIST CVE-2009-0087:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2009-0087
  
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