---------------------------------------------------------------------- To improve our services to our customers, we have made a number of additions to the Secunia Advisories and have started translating the advisories to German. The improvements will help our customers to get a better understanding of how we reached our conclusions, how it was rated, our thoughts on exploitation, attack vectors, and scenarios. This includes: * Reason for rating * Extended description * Extended solution * Exploit code or links to exploit code * Deep links Read the full description: http://corporate.secunia.com/products/48/?r=l Contact Secunia Sales for more information: http://corporate.secunia.com/how_to_buy/15/?r=l ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Microsoft Word Unspecified Memory Corruption Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA23232 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/23232/ CRITICAL: Extremely critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Microsoft Works Suite 2006 http://secunia.com/product/8712/ Microsoft Works Suite 2005 http://secunia.com/product/8711/ Microsoft Works Suite 2004 http://secunia.com/product/3897/ Microsoft Word 2003 Viewer http://secunia.com/product/5523/ Microsoft Word 2003 http://secunia.com/product/4908/ Microsoft Word 2002 http://secunia.com/product/2150/ Microsoft Word 2000 http://secunia.com/product/2149/ Microsoft Office X for Mac http://secunia.com/product/2610/ Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac http://secunia.com/product/8713/ Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition http://secunia.com/product/2278/ Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition http://secunia.com/product/2275/ Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition http://secunia.com/product/2277/ Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition http://secunia.com/product/2276/ Microsoft Office 2000 http://secunia.com/product/24/ Microsoft Office XP http://secunia.com/product/23/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the handling of Word documents can be exploited to cause a memory corruption. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. SOLUTION: Do not open or save untrusted Word documents. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Discovered as a 0-day. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/929433.mspx http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/12/06/microsoft-security-advisory-929433-posted.aspx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------