Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:39300

Info

Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 39300
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2010-0254
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 13 2010 12:00AM
Updated: May 14 2010 03:11PM
Credit: Bing Liu of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Vulnerable: Microsoft Visio 2007 SP2
Microsoft Visio 2007 SP1
Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3
Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Visio is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability. This issue arises when the application processes a malicious file.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

A working commercial exploit is available through VUPEN Security - Exploit and PoCs Service. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes. Please see the references for more information.


Microsoft Visio 2002 SP2

Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3

Microsoft Visio 2007 SP1

Microsoft Visio 2007 SP2

References

Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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