Microsoft Word Could Allow RCE Vulnerability

# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2008 Greenbone AG
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.900006");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2008-08-19 14:38:55 +0200 (Tue, 19 Aug 2008)");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2008-2244");
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2008 Greenbone AG");
  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_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Windows");
  script_name("Microsoft Word Could Allow RCE Vulnerability");
  script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl", "secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl",
                      "secpod_ms_office_detection_900025.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Ver", "SMB/Office/Word/Version");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43663");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30124");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2028");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/953635");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2008/ms08-042");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Microsoft Office (with MS Word) is prone to a remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Flaw is due to an error within the handling of malformed/crafted MS Word documents.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Word 2002 (XP) with SP3

  - Microsoft Word 2003 with SP3");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Remote attacker could exploit by persuading victim to open a crafted
  documents to corrupt memory and cause the application to crash, and also allow
  to execute arbitrary code with the system privileges of the victim.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

officeVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/Ver");

if(officeVer && officeVer =~ "^1[01]\.")
{
  wordVer = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/Word/Version");
  if(!wordVer || wordVer !~ "^1[01]\."){
    exit(0);
  }

  if(version_in_range(version:wordVer, test_version:"10.0", test_version2:"10.0.6845")){
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
  }
  else if(version_in_range(version:wordVer, test_version:"11.0", test_version2:"11.0.8226")){
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
  }
}