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TITLE:
Microsoft Office Word Multiple Vulnerabilities

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA40937

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-08-10

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DESCRIPTION:
Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in Microsoft Office Word,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

1) An unspecified error when parsing records can be exploited to
corrupt memory via a specially crafted Word file.

2) An error when handling certain properties of rich text data can be
exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted RTF file.

3) An error when parsing certain properties of rich text data can be
exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted RTF
file.

4) An error when handling HTML linked objects can be exploited to
corrupt memory via a specially crafted Word file.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of
arbitrary code.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) The vendor credits L.W.Z of team509 via ZDI.
2) The vendor credits Wushi of team509 via VeriSign iDefense Labs.
3) The vendor credits team509 via iDefense.
4) The vendor credits Rodrigo Rubira Branco, Check Point IPS
Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
MS10-056 (KB2092914, KB2251389, KB2251399, KB2251419, KB2251437,
KB2269638, KB2277947, KB2284162, KB2284171, KB2284179):
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS10-056.mspx

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
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EXTENDED SOLUTION:
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EXPLOIT:
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