Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2007-1202

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malformed properties in .rtf documents. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted RTF document, trick the victim into opening it and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in compromise of vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2007-1202

Install update from vendor's website:

Microsoft Office 2000 Service Pack 3

• Microsoft Word 2000 - Download the update (KB934392)

• Microsoft Word 2002 - Download the update (KB934394)

• Microsoft Word 2003 - Download the update (KB934181)
• Microsoft Word Viewer 2003 - Download the update (KB934041)

• Microsoft Works Suite 2004 - Download the update (KB934394) (same as the Microsoft Word 2002 update)
• Microsoft Works Suite 2005 - Download the update (KB934394) (same as the Microsoft Word 2002 update)
• Microsoft Works Suite 2006 - Download the update (KB934394) (same as the Microsoft Word 2002 update)

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms07-024