CVE-2008-4841

Summary

CVECVE-2008-4841
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-12-10 14:00:00 UTC
Updated2019-02-26 14:04:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399 | NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 All sp4 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp1 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Server 2003 All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Operating System Microsoft Windows Xp All sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Wordpad All All All All
Application Microsoft Wordpad unknown All All All
Application Microsoft Wordpad All All All All
Application Microsoft Wordpad unknown All All All

References

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Your request has been blocked. This could be due to several reasons. CONFIRM www.microsoft.com Vendor Advisory
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS09-010 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
MS Windows Wordpad .doc File Local Denial of Service PoC - SecurityReason.com SREASON securityreason.com
Page not found - CVE.report MISC milw0rm.com Exploit
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SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Memory Corruption Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code SECTRACK securitytracker.com
Microsoft Windows WordPad Text Converter Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
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Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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