Microsoft Windows Graphics Rendering Engine PICT Heap Corruption Vulnerability
Vulnerability Details
This vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists in the handling of PICT images in an office document. Due to improper parsing of the bits_per_pixel field in a PICT image a heap overflow can occur. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a system compromise running under the credentials of the currently logged in user.
Additional Details
Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-044.mspx
Disclosure Timeline
- 2006-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
- 2008-08-12 - Coordinated public release of advisory
Credit
Damian Put <pucik@overflow.pl>
