PT-2013-4689 · Microsoft · Office Word+2

Published 2013-09-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-3855

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 and 2007 SP3 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 due to memory corruption 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, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 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. For Office Compatibility Pack SP3, update to a version that is not affected by this issue. 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-2013-3855

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-2013-3855 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3855 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-3855 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-072 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-253A · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18065 · Note