Microsoft Word Malformed Record Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Malformed Record Value Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Successful attacks may allow arbitrary malicious code to run in the context of the user running the application. Failed attack attempts may result in a crash.

Reports indicate that this issue affects Microsoft Office XP.

The DeepSight Threat Analysis Team has confirmed that this issue affects Microsoft Office XP with Word 2002 and leads to a crash in Word 2000 and Word 2003.