National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-0097
Original release date:02/10/2009
Last revised:03/04/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2 and 2003 SP3 does not properly validate memory allocation for Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
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
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-041A
Name: TA09-041A
External Source: MS
Name: MS09-005
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0391
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6188