PT-2012-2380 · Microsoft · Office Word

Published 2012-10-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2012-0182

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 versions 2007 SP2 through 2007 SP3

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper memory handling during the parsing of Word documents, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document. This could enable an attacker to take complete control of an affected system, potentially leading to the installation of programs, viewing, changing, or deleting data, or creating new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word 2007 SP2, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. For Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. 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-2012-0182

ZDI-12-201

Affected Products

Office Word

References · 9

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-201 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-064 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0182 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0182 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A15426 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-0182 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/55780 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-064 · Note