RCE in Microsoft Word
CVE-2012-0182
Microsoft Word 2007 SP2 and SP3 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of Word documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Word PAPX Section Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.683 (99.3th percentile), scored .
High probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — patch promptly. 99th percentile — 99.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.683 · newest: 0.683 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Word — versions 2007
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/55780 (vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15426 (signature, vdb-entry)
- www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA12-283A.html (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-064 (vendor-advisory)