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CVE-2007-1202

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
08/05/2007
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

Word (or Word Viewer) in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and Works Suite 2004, 2005, and 2006 does not properly parse certain rich text "property strings of certain control words," which allows user-assisted remote attackers to trigger heap corruption and execute arbitrary code, aka the "Word RTF Parsing Vulnerability."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
6.80
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2000:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2003:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2004:*:mac:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word_viewer:2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2004:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2005:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works:2006:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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