9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.892 High
EPSS
Percentile
98.7%
Added: 08/05/2009
CVE: CVE-2009-0565
BID: 35190
OSVDB: 54960
Microsoft Office Word is Microsoft’s word processing software, released as a component of Microsoft Office suite.
A buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows remote command execution when a specially crafted Word file with a malformed Sprm record is processed.
Install the patch referenced in Microsoft Security Bulletin 09-027.
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-027.mspx>
Exploit works on Windows XP SP3 with DEP enabled, and requires a user to open the exploit file in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 with patch KB956329.
Windows