Vulnerability Note VU#921300

Microsoft Word vulnerable to remote code execution

Overview

A remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word can allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted mail merge file.

I. Description

Microsoft Word contains a remote code execution vulnerability that can be exploited when a specially crafted mail merge file is opened by Word.

More information and a list of affected versions is available in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-060.

II. Impact

A remote attacker who can successfully convince the user to open the specially crafted mail merge file may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the local user.

III. Solution

Apply an update

Microsoft has released updates in Mircosoft Security Bulletin MS06-060 to address this issue.

Workaround

Microsoft has supplied the following workaround for this vulnerability:

Do not open or save Microsoft Word files that you receive from untrusted sources or that you received unexpectedly from trusted sources.

Systems Affected

Vendor	Status	Date Notified	Date Updated
Microsoft Corporation	Vulnerable	10-Oct-2006

References

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-060.mspx

Credit

Thanks to Microsoft Security for reporting this vulnerability in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-060.

This document was written by Katie Steiner.

Other Information

Date Public:	2006-10-10
Date First Published:	2006-10-12
Date Last Updated:	2006-10-12
CERT Advisory:
CVE-ID(s):	CVE-2006-3651
NVD-ID(s):	CVE-2006-3651
US-CERT Technical Alerts:
Metric:	2.52
Document Revision:	16

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