CVE-2008-4024: microsoft office Code Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4024 is a high (CVSS 9.3) Code Injection vulnerability in microsoft office. EPSS estimates a 28.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 10-12-2008
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Word document with a crafted lcbPlcfBkfSdt field in the File Information Block (FIB), which bypasses an initialization step and triggers an "arbitrary free," aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

• CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.