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Date: Tue Nov 10 2009 - 13:17:11 CST

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TITLE:
Microsoft Office Word File Information Memory Corruption
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA37277

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/37277/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office Word, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when parsing certain file
information and can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially
crafted Word document.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0369fae5-958b-4eba-83a4-9c07e701c273

Microsoft Office Word 2003 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=6b77bc62-bcbb-4b9a-97d1-a49ca0582e54

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=8f115b1c-1e28-4ecf-937c-99c4b60c7c8e

Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=b84fe57d-ddda-451e-9ead-69e10aee7928

Open XML File Format Converter for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=4dd4bc05-1217-497e-8f65-4347f2544ed6

Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4cc5e6c5-7efb-4180-9a9b-0788115c91e1

Microsoft Office Word Viewer:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=4cc5e6c5-7efb-4180-9a9b-0788115c91e1

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Jun Mao, VeriSign iDefense Labs.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS09-068 (KB976307, KB973443, KB973444, KB973866, KB976828, KB976830,
KB976831):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-068.mspx

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