PT-1999-1856 · Microsoft · Rtf Reader

Published 1999-11-17 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2000-0073

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) reader (affected versions not specified)

Description: A buffer overflow issue in the Microsoft Rich Text Format (RTF) reader allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a malformed control word.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0073

Affected Products

Rtf Reader

References · 5

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19633 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0073 · Security Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/search.php3?type=2&pattern=win-malformed-rtf-control-word · Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ249973 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-005 · Note