Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Microsoft Office Word: Document Array Indexing Vulnerability

Users of Microsoft Office Word please be advised of a Document Array Indexing vulnerability that has been identified.

To view this vulnerability, possible remedies, and others please check out the Security Advisories at Critical Watch (http://criticalwatch.com/support/security-advisories.aspx)

Amplify’d from www.criticalwatch.com
CVE-2010-2750: Microsoft Office Word Document Array Indexing Vulnerability
. AFFECTED PRODUCTS

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Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
. DESCRIPTION

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VUPEN Vulnerability Research Team discovered a critical vulnerability

in Microsoft Office Word.



The vulnerability is caused by an array indexing error when processing

certain values in a Word document, which could be exploited by remote

attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a

specially crafted Word file.
Read more at www.criticalwatch.com
 

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