---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is proud to announce the availability of the Secunia Software Inspector. The Secunia Software Inspector is a free service that detects insecure versions of software that you may have installed in your system. When insecure versions are detected, the Secunia Software Inspector also provides thorough guidelines for updating the software to the latest secure version from the vendor. Try it out online: http://secunia.com/software_inspector/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Microsoft Word Unspecified Code Execution Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23205 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23205/ CRITICAL: Extremely critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office 2000 http://secunia.com/product/24/ Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition http://secunia.com/product/2277/ Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition http://secunia.com/product/2275/ Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition http://secunia.com/product/2278/ Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition http://secunia.com/product/2276/ Microsoft Office XP http://secunia.com/product/23/ Microsoft Word 2000 http://secunia.com/product/2149/ Microsoft Word 2002 http://secunia.com/product/2150/ Microsoft Word 2003 http://secunia.com/product/4908/ Microsoft Word 2003 Viewer http://secunia.com/product/5523/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, 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. No more information is currently available. According to Microsoft, this is a different vulnerability than: SA23232 NOTE: The vulnerability is already being actively exploited. SOLUTION: Do not open untrusted Office documents. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Reported as a 0-day. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Microsoft: http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/10/new-report-of-a-word-zero-day.aspx OTHER REFERENCES: SA23232: http://secunia.com/advisories/23232/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------