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TITLE:
Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27151

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27151/

CRITICAL:
Extremely critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Word 2000
http://secunia.com/product/2149/
Microsoft Word 2002
http://secunia.com/product/2150/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/
Microsoft Office XP
http://secunia.com/product/23/
Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac
http://secunia.com/product/8713/

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

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of Word
documents and can be exploited to corrupt memory when a user opens a
specially crafted Office file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

NOTE: According to Microsoft, this is currently being actively
exploited.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Microsoft Office 2000 SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=8B3072FB-5933-47F7-A498-13A93E268E57

Microsoft Office XP SP3:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=D6B787BB-03FF-4F67-8B69-6011FB18BA75

Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac:
http://www.microsoft.com/mac/downloads.aspx#Office2004

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Liu Kun-Hao, Information and Communication
Security Technology Center.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS07-060 (KB942695):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-060.mspx

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