---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Memory Corruption Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA24122 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/24122/ CRITICAL: Extremely critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Microsoft Office XP http://secunia.com/product/23/ Microsoft Office 2000 http://secunia.com/product/24/ Microsoft Word 2000 http://secunia.com/product/2149/ Microsoft Word 2002 http://secunia.com/product/2150/ 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 parsing Word documents and can be exploited to cause memory corruption. Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code. NOTE: The vulnerability is currently being actively exploited. SOLUTION: Do not open untrusted Office documents. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Discovered as a 0-day. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/933052.mspx ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------