MS09-010 Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (960477)
Critical - Remote Code Execution This security update resolves two publicly disclosed vulnerabilities and two privately reported vulnerabilities in Microsoft WordPad and Microsoft Office text converters. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a specially crafted file is opened in WordPad or Microsoft Office Word. Do not open Microsoft Office, RTF, Write, or WordPerfect files from untrusted sources using affected versions of WordPad or Microsoft Office Word.
Bulletin details at Microsoft.com
Bulletin details at Microsoft.com
Related CVE Entries
The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.
Max CVSS
9.3
EPSS Score
87.94%
Published
2008-12-10
Updated
2019-02-26
Unspecified vulnerability in the Word 6 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2; and the Word 6 text converter in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3; allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 6 file that contains malformed data, aka "WordPad and Office Text Converter Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Max CVSS
9.3
EPSS Score
89.58%
Published
2009-04-15
Updated
2018-10-30
The WordPerfect 6.x Converter (WPFT632.CNV, 1998.1.27.0) in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and Microsoft Office Converter Pack does not properly validate the length of an unspecified string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WordPerfect 6.x file, related to an unspecified counter and control structures on the stack, aka "Word 2000 WordPerfect 6.x Converter Stack Corruption Vulnerability."
Max CVSS
9.3
EPSS Score
34.81%
Published
2009-04-15
Updated
2019-02-26
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Word 97 text converter in WordPad in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2 and SP3, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, related to use of inconsistent integer data sizes for an unspecified length field, aka "WordPad Word 97 Text Converter Stack Overflow Vulnerability."
Max CVSS
9.3
EPSS Score
88.26%
Published
2009-04-15
Updated
2018-10-12