Improper input validation in Microsoft Word
CVE-2007-1202
Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.295 (98.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 98.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.295 · newest: 0.295 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Word — versions 2000, 2002, 2003
- Microsoft Word Viewer — versions 2003
- Microsoft Works — versions 2004, 2005, 2006
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/468871/100/200/threaded (vendor-advisory)
- www.securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php (Patch, third-party-advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1709 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-024 (vendor-advisory)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-128A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/34388 (vdb-entry)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/555489 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/23836 (Patch, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1900 (signature, vdb-entry)