PT-2010-4656 · Microsoft · Office Word

Chaouki Bekrar · Published 2010-10-13 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2010-3218

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 Word version 2002 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists in the way Microsoft Word handles malformed records inside a specially crafted Word file. 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 limited user rights compared to those operating with administrative rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word 2002 SP3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2010-3218

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 7

• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3218 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3218 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079 · Vendor Advisory
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/MS10-079 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3218 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7010 · Note