Microsoft Word PlfLfo Structure Memory Corruption (MS08-072) - Ver2 (CVE-2008-4024)

Microsoft Word is a popular word processing software. A remote code execution vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word. The vulnerability is due to a memory corruption error in Microsoft Word that fails to properly handle specially crafted Word files. A remote attacker could trigger th...

MS08-072 / MS08-074: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (957173 / 959070) (Mac OS X)

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Office that is affected by several vulnerabilities. If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel or Word file, these issues could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's...

CVE-2008-4024

CVE-2008-4024 affects Microsoft Word 2000 SP3, Word 2002 SP3, and Word 2004 for Mac. A remote code execution vulnerability arises when processing a specially crafted Word file containing lcbPlcfBkfSdt in the File Information Block (FIB); this can bypass an initialization step and trigger an arbit...