WordPad and Office Text converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Publish date: February 15, 2011
  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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