PT-2007-3116 · Microsoft · Office 2007 Publisher+1

Published 2007-07-10 · Updated 2018-10-16 · CVE-2007-1754

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Office Publisher 2007

Description: The issue arises from improper memory clearing when transferring data from disk to memory, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .pub page. This occurs due to a certain negative value that bypasses a sanitization procedure, which is supposed to initialize critical pointers to NULL. An attacker could exploit this by constructing a specially crafted Publisher (.pub) page, potentially allowing remote code execution and complete control of an affected system when a user views the .pub page.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Office Publisher 2007, update to a version that properly clears memory resources when writing application data from disk to memory to prevent remote code execution. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of .pub pages from untrusted sources until a patch is available. Restrict access to .pub files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2007-1754

Affected Products

Office 2007 Publisher

Office Publisher

References · 14

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1754 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2479 · Vendor Advisory
• http://archive.cert.uni-stuttgart.de/bugtraq/2007/07/msg00254.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/25988 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-1754 · Security Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-191A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-037 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/473309/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://research.eeye.com/html/advisories/published/AD20070710.html · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1018353 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/35953 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1871 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-1754 · Note