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CVE-2011-1983

Microsoft Office Word Hidden Border Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity Score

9.3
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 and SP3, Office 2010 Gold and SP1, and Office for Mac 2011 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document, aka "Word Use After Free Vulnerability."

Una vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación en Microsoft Office 2007 SP2 y SP3, Office 2010 Gold y SP1, y Office 2011 para Mac permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código de su elección a través de un documento de Word específicamente modificado para tal fin. Se trata de un problema también conocido como "vulnerabilidad de uso después de liberación de Microsoft Word".

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Word 2007/2010. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.
The specific flaw exists within how the application handles a border containing a specific property. When parsing this property, the application will incorrectly free it. If the application attempts to render the object, a use-after-free condition can be made to occur. This can lead to code execution under the context of the application.

*Credits: Nikita Tarakanov (CISS Research Team) and Alexey Sintsov (Digital Security Research Group)
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2011-05-09 CVE Reserved
  • 2011-12-13 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-03 EPSS Updated
  • 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-399: Resource Management Errors
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Microsoft
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Office
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2007
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sp2
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Microsoft
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Office
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2007
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sp3
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Microsoft
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Office
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2010
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x32
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Microsoft
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Office
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2010
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x64
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Microsoft
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Office
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2010
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sp1, x32
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Microsoft
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Office
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2010
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sp1, x64
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Microsoft
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Office
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2011
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mac
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