CVE-2008-2244

Summary

CVECVE-2008-2244
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-07-09 22:41:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-29 01:31:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Office Word 2002 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .doc file that contains malformed data, as exploited in the wild in July 2008, and as demonstrated by attachement.doc.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office Word 2002 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office Word 2002 sp3 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
SSRT080117 HP marc.info
US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA08-225A -- Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities CERT www.us-cert.gov US Government Resource
Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community - Internet Security - isc MISC isc.sans.org
www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635.mspx CONFIRM www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Word Smart Tag Invalid Length Processing Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) : MSRC Blog: Microsoft Security Advisory 953635 CONFIRM blogs.technet.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Microsoft Word Malformed Record Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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