KLA10012 Vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2007 & Office Compatibility Pack

Detect date:

06/10/2014

Severity:

Critical

Description:

An unspecified vulnerability was found in the Word 2007 and Office Compatibility Pack. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited from the network at point related to an unknown application via a specially designed embedded font.

Affected products:

Word 2007 Service Pack 3, Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3.

Solution:

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Original advisories:

MS bulletin
CVE-2014-2778

Impacts:

ACE

Related products:

Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats

CVE-IDS:

CVE-2014-27789.3Critical

Microsoft official advisories:

KB list:

2880513
2969261
2880515