iDefense Security Advisory 02.12.08: Microsoft Office Works Converter Heap Overflow Vulnerability

iDefense Security Advisory 02.12.08 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Feb 12, 2008 I. BACKGROUND Microsoft Works is a word processor created by Microsoft in the 1980s. Microsoft Office, a widely use productivity suite, is distributed with converters for various versions of th...

Microsoft Works / Microsoft Office multiple security vulnerabilities

Multiple buffer overflows and integer overflows on .wps files parsing...

iDefense Security Advisory 02.12.08: Microsoft Office Works Converter Stack-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

iDefense Security Advisory 02.12.08 http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/ Feb 12, 2008 I. BACKGROUND Microsoft Word is a word processing application which is heavily used in corporate environments. Word comes with Office Converters that allow it to import files from various forma...

Input validation

wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section length headers, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Input Validation Vulnerability."...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted field lengths, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Field Length...

Code injection

Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section header index table information, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Index Table Vulnerability."...

CVE-2008-0105

Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section header index table information, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Index Table Vulnerability."...

CVE-2008-0108

Stack-based buffer overflow in wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted field lengths, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Field Length...

CVE-2007-0216

wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section length headers, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Input Validation Vulnerability."...

CVE-2008-0108

CVE-2008-0108 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Works File Converter (wkcvqd01.dll) used to convert .wps files to Rich Text. The root cause is improper validation of field lengths in the Works File Converter, leading to a stack-based buffer overflow when handling crafted field...

CVE-2008-0108

Stack-based buffer overflow in wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted field lengths, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Field Length...

CVE-2008-0105

The CVE-2008-0105 entry concerns a remote-code-execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Works File Converter (wkcvqd01.dll) used by Office 2003 (SP2/SP3), Works 6/8. The flaw arises from insufficient validation of the section header index table in .wps files, allowing arbitrary code execution whe...

CVE-2007-0216

wkcvqd01.dll in Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section length headers, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Input Validation Vulnerability."...

CVE-2008-0105

Microsoft Works 6 File Converter, as used in Office 2003 SP2 and SP3, Works 8.0, and Works Suite 2005, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .wps file with crafted section header index table information, aka "Microsoft Works File Converter Index Table Vulnerability."...

CVE-2007-0216

CVE-2007-0216 is a remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Works File Converter. It stems from improper validation of .wps section length headers in wkcvqd01.dll. A crafted .wps file could allow an attacker to take control of the affected system. Affected products include Microsoft O...

Microsoft Works File Converter Section Header Index Table Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Works File Converter is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious '.wps' file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the...

Microsoft Works File Converter Field Length Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Works File Converter is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious '.wps' file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the...

Microsoft Works File Converter Section Length Header Remote Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Description Microsoft Works File Converter is prone to a remote heap-overflow vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit this issue by enticing a victim to open a malicious '.wps' file. Successfully exploiting this issue would allow the...

Microsoft Works WPS File Field Length Handling Stack Overflow (MS08-011; CVE-2007-0216; CVE-2008-0108)

Microsoft Works is home productivity software suite with fewer features than the Microsoft Office suite. The Microsoft Works Converter allows the user to open, edit, and save files in the Microsoft Works file format. CVE-2007-0216: The vulnerability is due to an error in the Microsoft Works...

Microsoft Works 8.0 - File Converter Field Length Remote Code Execution

Microsoft Works 8.0 - File Converter Field Length Remote Code Execution // source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27659/info Microsoft Works File Converter is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability because it fails to adequately validate user-supplied input. An attacker could exploit...