National Vulnerability Database (NVD) National Vulnerability Database (CVE-2009-0259)

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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0259

Original release date:01/22/2009

Last revised:04/10/2009

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The Word processor in OpenOffice.org 1.1.2 through 1.1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly 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, as demonstrated by 2008-crash.doc.rar, and a similar issue to CVE-2008-4841.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service

Vendor Statments (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (01/23/2009): This issue can only result in an OpenOffice.org crash, not allowing arbitrary code execution. Red Hat does not consider a crash of a client application such as OpenOffice.org to be a security issue.

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External Source: XF

Name: openoffice-wordprocessor-code-execution(48213)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48213

External Source: BID

Name: 33383

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33383

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20090121 CVE Request -- openoffice.org (CVE-2008-4841)

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/9

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 6560

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6560