Vulnerability CVE-2009-2506
Published: 2009-12-09   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Integer overflow in the text converters in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 and 2003 SP3; Works 8.5; Office Converter Pack; and WordPad in Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DOC file with an invalid number of property names in the DocumentSummaryInformation stream, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Type:

CWE-189

 (Numeric Errors)

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 converter pack 
Microsoft -> Office word 
Microsoft -> Wordpad 
Microsoft -> Works 
Microsoft -> Windows 2000 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2003 
Microsoft -> Windows xp 

 References:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=834
http://support.avaya.com/css/P8/documents/100070184
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37216
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-342A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5846
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