Vulnerability CVE-2008-4028
Published: 2008-12-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 Gold and SP1; Outlook 2007 Gold and SP1; Word Viewer 2003 Gold and SP3; Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Gold and SP1; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted control words related to multiple Drawing Object tags in (1) an RTF file or (2) a rich text e-mail message, which triggers incorrect memory allocation and a heap-based buffer overflow, aka "Word RTF Object Parsing Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-4030.

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/499063/100/0/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
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-085/
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-072
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6096
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