CVEvulnerability
CVE-2008-4841
9.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2008-12-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-399
Description
The WordPad Text Converter for Word 97 files in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and Server 2003 SP1 and SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (1) .doc, (2) .wri, or (3) .rtf Word 97 file that triggers memory corruption, as exploited in the wild in December 2008. NOTE: As of 20081210, it is unclear whether this vulnerability is related to a WordPad issue disclosed on 20080925 with a 2008-crash.doc.rar example, but there are insufficient details to be sure.
Affected configurations
• microsoft wordpad
• microsoft wordpad unknown
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32997 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4711 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021376 securitytracker.com
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31399 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32718 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3390 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6050 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6560 www.exploit-db.com
- http://milw0rm.com/sploits/2008-crash.doc.rar Exploit
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32997 Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4711 securityreason.com
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1021376 securitytracker.com
- http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/960906.mspx Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31399 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32718 www.securityfocus.com
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-104A.html US Government Resource
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3390 www.vupen.com
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1024 www.vupen.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-010 docs.microsoft.com
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6050 oval.cisecurity.org
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6560 www.exploit-db.com