CVE-2007-1202
Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers…
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 29.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 29.48% probability · 98th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- microsoft/word · microsoft/word viewer · microsoft/works
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
References
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900
- http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=525Patch
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/34388
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836Patch
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018013Patch
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.htmlUS Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709Vendor Advisory
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1900
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.