Description
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2; Microsoft Office for Mac 2004 and 2008; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a malformed record that triggers memory corruption, aka "Word Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 2
- Microsoft Word 2003 - Record Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS09-027) (Metasploit) EDB-17177 · local · Apr 16, 2011
- Microsoft Word - Record Parsing Buffer Overflow (MS09-027) EDB-14693 · local · Aug 20, 2010
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 54960 vdb-entry
- 8206 third-party-advisory
- TA09-160A third-party-advisory
- 1022356 vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6334 vdb-entry signature
- MS09-027 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2009-1546 vdb-entry
- 35190 vdb-entry