Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2969261)
🗓️ 11 Jun 2014 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 12 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of Microsoft Word text editors allows a malicious individual to execute arbitrary code and gain full control over the system. | 5 Jul 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| The vulnerability of the Microsoft Office software package allows a malicious individual to execute arbitrary code and gain full control over the system. | 5 Jul 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2014-2778 | 11 Jun 201401:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2014-2778 | 11 Jun 201401:00 | – | cvelist | |
| KLA10012 Vulnerability in Microsoft Word 2007 & Office Compatibility Pack | 10 Jun 201400:00 | – | kaspersky | |
| KLA10616 Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office | 9 Dec 201400:00 | – | kaspersky | |
| CVE-2014-2778 | 11 Jun 201404:56 | – | nvd | |
| Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2969261) | 11 Jun 201400:00 | – | openvas | |
| Memory corruption | 11 Jun 201404:56 | – | prion | |
| Microsoft Word memory corruption | 14 Jul 201400:00 | – | securityvulns |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/kb/2880513 |
| technet | www.technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-034 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/67896 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2014 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.804458");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2778");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2014-06-11 08:46:24 +0530 (Wed, 11 Jun 2014)");
script_name("Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2969261)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS14-034.");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an unspecified error when processing embedded fonts,
which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to execute the arbitrary
code, cause memory corruption and compromise the system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2880513");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67896");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms14-034");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/Office/WordCnv/Version");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
wordcnvVer = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/WordCnv/Version");
if(wordcnvVer && wordcnvVer =~ "^12.*")
{
# Office Word Converter
path = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion",
item:"ProgramFilesDir");
if(path)
{
sysVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:path + "\Microsoft Office\Office12", file_name:"Wordcnv.dll");
if(sysVer)
{
if(version_in_range(version:sysVer, test_version:"12.0", test_version2:"12.0.6700.4999"))
{
security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
exit(0);
}
}
}
}
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.19923