Summary
This host is installed with Microsoft Office (with MS Word), which is prone to remote code execution vulnerability.
Impact
Remote attacker could exploit by persuading victim to open a crafted documents to corrupt memory and cause the application to crash, and also allow to execute arbitrary code with the system privileges of the victim.
Impact Level : System
Solution
Run Windows Update and update the listed hotfixes or download and update mentioned hotfixes in the advisory from the below link.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-042.mspx
Insight
Flaw is due to an error within the handling of malformed/crafted MS Word documents.
Affected
Microsoft Word 2002 (XP) with SP3 on Windows (All).
Microsoft Word 2003 with SP3 on Windows (All).
References
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2008-2244 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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