#VU1389 Memory corruption in Microsoft Office - CVE-2009-2528 

 

#VU1389 Memory corruption in Microsoft Office - CVE-2009-2528

Published: December 19, 2016 / Updated: January 9, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1389
Vulnerability risk: High
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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2528
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Microsoft Office
Software vendor:
Microsoft

Description

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

The weakness exists due to integer overflow in GDI+ when parsing Office Art Property Tables. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Microsoft Office file, trick the victim into opening 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.

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website:

Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=b4ac7fbe-dd19-4940-a576-89a6b7ed602d

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