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TITLE:
Microsoft Word 2000 Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21735

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CRITICAL:
Extremely critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Microsoft Word 2000
http://secunia.com/product/2149/
Microsoft Office 2000
http://secunia.com/product/24/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word 2000, which can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error when
processing Word documents. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary
code when a malicious document is opened.

NOTE: The vulnerability is being actively exploited.

The vulnerability is reported in Microsoft Word 2000 running on
Windows 2000. Other versions may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted Office documents.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered in the wild as a 0-day.

OTHER REFERENCES:
Symantec:
http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2006/09/new_tricks_with_old_software.html

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