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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2013-03-06 | |
| Rule Name: | Microsoft WordPad Text Converter Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2010-2563) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Microsoft WordPad. The vulnerability is due to an error while WordPad Text Converter processes data in a specially crafted Word 97 document. Remote attackers can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a target user to open a malicious Word 97 document, potentially causing arbitrary code to be injected and executed in the security context of the current user. | |
| Impact: | Remote code execution | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | CVE-2010-2563 SecurityFocusBID:43122 SA41416MS10-067 |
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| Solutions |
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| Update vendor's patch. |