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| Rule General Information |
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| Release Date: | 2014-11-11 | |
| Rule Name: | Microsoft Word RTF File Handling Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2008-1091) | |
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| Rule Protection Details |
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| Description: | Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Word in Office 2000 and XP SP3, 2003 SP2 and SP3, and 2007 Office System SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Rich Text Format (.rtf) file with a malformed string that triggers a "memory calculation error" and a heap-based buffer overflow. | |
| Impact: | An attacker can execute arbitrary code in the context of the vulnerable system. Failed exploit may cause denial-of-service attack. | |
| Affected OS: | Windows | |
| Reference: | MicrosoftSecurityBulletin:ms08-026 SecurityFocusBID:29104 SecurityTrackerID:1020013 |
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| Solutions |
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| Microsoft has released a patch MS08-026 to eliminate the vulnerability. The patch can be downloaded at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-026.mspx |