Buffer overflow in Microsoft products - CVE-2009-0562

Vulnerability identifier: #VU1421

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2009-0562

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Microsoft

Affected software:
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
Microsoft BizTalk Server

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

The weakness exists due to buffer overflow in Office Web Components ActiveX Control. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Web page, trick the victim into viewing it, trigger memory corruption 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.

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 2000 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 XP Web Components Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=60e2e4e7-aa75-441d-b6fc-7e850bf8e580
Microsoft BizTalk Server 2002:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=495839b6-0322-4755-997d-4a7762c53333
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=112114
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Service Pack 1:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=ba2915a0-f5f4-4e18-b0c0-534d2a948585
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=112114

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