#VU1420 Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-1136

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1420

Vulnerability risk: Critical

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-1136

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild

Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting
Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway
Microsoft BizTalk Server
Visual Studio

Software vendor:
Microsoft

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

The weakness exists due to boundary error in Office Web Components ActiveX Control when handling parameter values. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into viewing it and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.

Install update from vendor's website:

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=60e2e4e7-aa75-441d-b6fc-7e850bf8e580
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=112114
Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95c94c9a-6aca-42fb-9679-3234f06c72f7
Microsoft Office XP Web Components Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=60e2e4e7-aa75-441d-b6fc-7e850bf8e580
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=112114
Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=95c94c9a-6aca-42fb-9679-3234f06c72f7
Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 1 for the 2007 Microsoft Office System:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=644008e0-77c9-4a02-ac9b-e30d0930c4be
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8f79a073-27e8-46ef-87d8-f09b93521326
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8f79a073-27e8-46ef-87d8-f09b93521326
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Standard Edition Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8f79a073-27e8-46ef-87d8-f09b93521326
Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8f79a073-27e8-46ef-87d8-f09b93521326
Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0d77ddb3-4d34-4cfe-913b-d05981f59a82

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms09-043.aspx