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Vulnerability Assessment Details

Vulnerabilities in WordPad (885836)

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Checks the remote registry for MS04-041

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Summary :

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

Description :

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

To exploit these flaws a possible hacker 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 which may permit
a possible hacker to execute arbitrary code on the remote host with the rights
of the user.

Solution :

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

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms04-041.mspx

Network Security Threat Level:

High / CVSS Base Score : 8
(AV:R/AC:H/Au:NR/C:C/A:C/I:C/B:N)

Networks Security ID: 11927, 11929

Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2004 Tenable Network Security

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