Vulnerability CVE-2008-4024
Published: 2008-12-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Type:

CWE-94

 (Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Office compatibility pack for word excel ppt 2007 
Microsoft -> Office outlook 
Microsoft -> Office word 
Microsoft -> Office word viewer 
Microsoft -> Open xml file format converter 
Microsoft -> Works 

 References:
http://www.coresecurity.com/content/word-arbitrary-free
http://www.coresecurity.com/files/attachments/CORE-2008-0228-Word.pdf
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499086/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021370
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-344A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3384
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5934
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