Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2293194)

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Summary
This host is missing a critical security update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS10-079.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted word document. Impact Level: System/Application
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link, http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms10-079.mspx
Insight
The flaws are due to: - An uninitialized pointer error when processing malformed data in a Word file - An improper boundary check when processing certain data in a Word file - An error when handling index values within a Word document - A stack overflow error when processing malformed data within a Word document - An error when handling return values, bookmarks, pointers while parsing a specially crafted Word - A heap overflow error when handling malformed records within a Word file - An error when handling indexes while parsing a specially crafted Word file
Affected
Microsoft Word 2010 Microsoft Office Word Viewer Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office Word 2007 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Service Pack 2
References
Updated on 2015-03-25
Severity
High Severity
Classification
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