Vulnerability: (973472) Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution
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| Details | |
|---|---|
| Vulnerability name/brief description | Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components Control Could Allow Remote Code Execution (973472) |
| CVE/CAN name | CVE-2009-1136 |
| Vendor threat level | Critical |
| SophosLabs threat level | Critical |
| Solution | As of yet, no patch has been released for this vulnerability. Please refer to the Microsoft advisory (see the references section) for a workaround which will disable Microsoft Office Web Components. |
| Vendor description | Microsoft is investigating a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office Web Components. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the local user. When using Internet Explorer, code execution is remote and may not require any user intervention. |
| SophosLabs comments | Sophos has received a several samples of exploits attempting to exploit this vulnerability, some of the parts of exploit kits mostly published to a set of domains hosted in China. Given the popularity of the software affected, the severity, and the lack of a patch, SophosLabs has assigned this vulnerability a rating of Critical. |
| SophosLabs testing result | N/A |
| Currently known exploits | Exp/OWCRef-A - CVE-2009-1136 |
| First sample seen | 6th July 2009 |
| Discovery date | 6th July 2009 |
| Affected software | Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office XP Web Components Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2003 Web Components for the 2007 Microsoft Office system Service Pack 1 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Standard Edition Service Pack 3 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2004 Enterprise Edition Service Pack 3 Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Supportability Update Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration Server 2006 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office Small Business Accounting 2006 |
| References | http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/973472.mspx |
| Credits | Microsoft MAPP Program |
| Revisions | 13th July 2009 (initial advisory published) |
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- Article ID: 61024
- Created: 13 Jul 2009
- Last updated: 9 Apr 2010
