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MS04-041: Vulnerabilities in WordPad (885836)

high Nessus Plugin ID 15966

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Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through WordPad.

Description

The remote host contains a version of Microsoft WordPad that is vulnerable to two security flaws.

To exploit these flaws an attacker would need to send a malformed Word file to a victim on the remote host and wait for him to open the file using WordPad.

Opening the file with WordPad will trigger a buffer overflow that could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the privileges of the user.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Windows NT, 2000, XP and 2003.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2004/ms04-041

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 15966

File Name: smb_nt_ms04-041.nasl

Version: 1.31

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/14/2004

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/14/2004

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2004

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-0571, CVE-2004-0901

BID: 11927, 11929

MSFT: MS04-041

MSKB: 885836