| CVE ID | CVE-2006-3650 |
| CVSS SCORE | |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
Microsoft |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
Office Word |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['4772']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office. Exploitation requires that the attacker coerce the target user into opening a malicious .XLS file. The specific flaw exists during the processing of malformed charts embedded within a Word document. Upon closing the document, certain pointers are corrupted with data direclty from the file. A later dereference of these corrupted pointers can result in code execution. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-062.mspx |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Arnaud Dovi 'class101' http://heapoverflow.com |
