PT-2013-4684 · Microsoft · Office Word+2

Published 2013-09-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3850

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 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1 and SP2 Office Compatibility Pack version SP3 Word Viewer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted Office document. Remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in the way that affected Microsoft Office software parses specially crafted files, potentially allowing an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. This could enable the attacker to install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, consider applying the recommended patch to resolve the issue. For Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, apply the patch to fix the vulnerability. For Microsoft Word 2010 SP1 and SP2, update to a newer version that includes the fix. For Office Compatibility Pack SP3, apply the recommended patch. For Word Viewer, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3850

Affected Products

Office Word

Office Compatibility Pack

Word Viewer

References · 7

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-072 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3850 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3850 · Security Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18753 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-072 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3850 · Note