PT-2003-1893 · Microsoft · Office Word+1

Kazuyuki Housaka · Published 2003-11-18 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2003-0820

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Word versions 97, 98(J), 2000, and 2002 Microsoft Works Suites versions 2001 through 2004

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow attack due to improper checking of the length of the Macro names data value.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Word versions 97, 98(J), 2000, and 2002, and Microsoft Works Suites versions 2001 through 2004, consider disabling the macro execution feature until a patch is available. Restrict access to files that may contain malicious macros to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2003-0820

Affected Products

Office Word

Works Suite

References · 11

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/8835 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0820 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2003/ms03-050 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-10/0163.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A668 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A336 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0820 · Note
• http://security.nnov.ru/search/document.asp?docid=5243 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13682 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A586 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A585 · Note