Thread-topic: [SA23671] Microsoft Office Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker Vulnerability
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> TITLE:
> Microsoft Office Brazilian Portuguese Grammar Checker Vulnerability
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> SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
> SA23671
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> VERIFY ADVISORY:
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> CRITICAL:
> Highly critical
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> IMPACT:
> System access
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> WHERE:
> From remote
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> SOFTWARE:
> Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
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> Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
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> Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
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> Microsoft Office 2003 Proofing Tools
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> Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
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> Microsoft Access 2003
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> Microsoft Word 2003
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> Microsoft Excel 2003
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> Microsoft Outlook 2003
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> Microsoft OneNote 2003
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> Microsoft Powerpoint 2003
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> Microsoft Publisher 2003
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> Microsoft InfoPath 2003
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> Microsoft Frontpage 2003
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> Microsoft Visio 2003
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> DESCRIPTION:
> A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office, which can be
> exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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> The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Brazilian
> Portuguese grammar checker and can be exploited to corrupt memory by
> tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Office document.
>
> Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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> SOLUTION:
> Apply patches.
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> Microsoft Office 2003 SP2 (Brazilian Portuguese Version):
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> A91-A993-41EC-839C-8995CCFAEC6B
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> Microsoft Office Multilingual User Interface 2003 SP2:
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> E66-DB1A-489D-8518-42CE468F5965
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> Microsoft Project Multilingual User Interface 2003 SP2:
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> E5D-1270-4041-9CDD-C3541B7F4B40
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> Microsoft Visio Multilingual User Interface 2003 SP2:
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> C81-419C-440B-BF0B-FEC0C0708430
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> Microsoft Office Proofing Tools 2003 SP2:
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> 97A-C35F-45AD-A587-8F08F1D34B7B
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> PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
> Reported by the vendor.
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> ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
> MS07-001 (KB921585):
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