POP3: Microsoft Word Bulleted List Handling Remote Memory Corruption
This signature detects attempts to exploit a known vulnerability against Microsoft Word 6 text converter. A successful attack can lead to memory corruption and arbitrary code execution.
Extended Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected Products
Microsoft windows_2000
Short Name
POP3:MS-WORD-BULLET-MC
Severity
Major
Recommended
False
Recommended Action
None
Category
POP3
Keywords
Bulleted CVE-2009-0087 Corruption Handling List Memory Microsoft Remote Word bid:29769
Release Date
11/15/2012
Supported Platforms
srx-branch-12.3
srx-19.3
srx-branch-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.2
srx-branch-19.4
vsrx-19.4
mx-12.3
mx-19.4
vmx-19.4
mx-19.3
vsrx3bsd-19.4
srx-19.4
vsrx-12.3
vmx-19.3
vsrx-19.2
srx-12.3
Sigpack Version
3761
False Positive
Unknown
Vendors
Microsoft
CVSS Score
9.3