PT-2009-5461 · Microsoft · Office Word Viewer+5

Jun Mao · Published 2009-11-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2009-3135

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 Word versions 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3 Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac Open XML File Format Converter for Mac Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3 Office Word Viewer

Description: A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Office Word handles specially crafted Word files with a malformed record or File Information Block (FIB) structure. This could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code and take complete control of an affected system, enabling them to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The impact may be less severe for users with fewer user rights on the system compared to those operating with administrative user rights.

Recommendations: For Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Open XML File Format Converter for Mac, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk. For Office Word Viewer, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3135

Affected Products

Office Word

Office 2004 For Mac

Office 2008 For Mac

Office Word Viewer

Office Word Viewer 2003

Open Xml File Format Converter For Mac

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3135 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3194 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37277 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3135 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-068 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/59857 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-068 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023158 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6555 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/36950 · Note
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=831 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-314A.html · Note