Vulnerability CVE-2008-4841
Published: 2008-12-10   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
MS Windows Wordpad .doc File Local Denial of Service PoC
Anon
13.12.2008

Type:

CWE-noinfo

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 -> Wordpad 

 References:
http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4711
http://securitytracker.com/id?1021376
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspx
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31399
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32718
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3390
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6050
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6560
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