PT-2008-4449 · Microsoft · Office Converter Pack+3

Published 2008-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2008-3020

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 versions 2000 SP3 through XP SP3 Office Converter Pack (affected versions not specified) Works version 8

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Office handles BMP format image files. This could be exploited when a Microsoft Office application opens a specially crafted BMP-format image file, potentially included as an e-mail attachment or hosted on a malicious Web site. An attacker who successfully exploits this issue could take complete control of an affected system, but significant user interaction is required.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office versions 2000 SP3 through XP SP3, update to a version that properly parses the length of a BMP file to prevent remote code execution. For Office Converter Pack, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. For Works version 8, consider disabling the handling of BMP files until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3020

Affected Products

Office

Office Converter Pack

Office Project

Works

References · 11

• http://secunia.com/advisories/31336 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-3020 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3020 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-044 · Vendor Advisory
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=121915960406986&w=2 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-225A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/MS08-044 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2348 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1020673 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/30599 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5868 · Note