PT-2008-4192 · Microsoft · Office Word

Published 2008-06-18 · Updated 2017-08-08 · CVE-2008-2752

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Word versions 2000 9.0.2812 and 2003 11.8106.8172

Description The issue is related to the improper handling of unordered lists, which can be exploited by user-assisted remote attackers. This can lead to a denial of service, causing memory corruption and application crash, or possibly allow the execution of arbitrary code. This can be achieved via a crafted .doc file.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word 2000 9.0.2812, update to a version that properly handles unordered lists to prevent memory corruption and potential code execution. For Microsoft Word 2003 11.8106.8172, update to a version that properly handles unordered lists to prevent memory corruption and potential code execution.

Exploit

Fix

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2752

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 11

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-1.doc · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-3.doc · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-4.doc · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/crash-word-2.doc · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/31934 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2752 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/29769 · Note
• http://nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video.htm · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43155 · Note
• http://nullcode.com.ar/ncs/crash/video2.htm · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2752 · Note