CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
AI Score
Confidence
Low
EPSS
Percentile
99.2%
This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS09-073.
# Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
# as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
# of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
#
# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
# Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.901068");
script_version("2021-09-01T12:57:33+0000");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2021-09-01 12:57:33 +0000 (Wed, 01 Sep 2021)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2009-12-09 16:08:24 +0100 (Wed, 09 Dec 2009)");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2506");
script_name("WordPad and Office Text Converters Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (975539)");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2009 Greenbone Networks GmbH");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_reg_enum.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/registry_enumerated");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/973904");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/975008");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/974882");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/977304");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3438");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to crash an affected
application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted document.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Works 8.5
- Microsoft Office Converter Pack
- Microsoft Office XP Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2002 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Office Word 2003 Service Pack 3
- Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 3 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2K3 Service Pack 2 and prior
- Microsoft Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 and prior");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The issue is caused by a memory corruption error in the way that the text
converter for Word 97 (included as part of WordPad and as part of the Office
text converters) parses a specially crafted Word 97 document.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
Microsoft Bulletin MS09-073.");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"registry");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2009/ms09-073");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if(hotfix_check_sp(xp:4, win2003:3, win2k:5) <= 0){
exit(0);
}
# MS09-073 Hotfix check
if(hotfix_missing(name:"973904") == 0){
exit(0);
}
dllPath = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion", item:"ProgramFilesDir");
if(!dllPath){
exit(0);
}
dllPath = dllPath + "\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\TextConv\Msconv97.dll";
share = ereg_replace(pattern:"([A-Z]):.*", replace:"\1$", string:dllPath);
file = ereg_replace(pattern:"[A-Z]:(.*)", replace:"\1", string:dllPath);
dllVer = GetVer(file:file, share:share);
if(!dllVer){
exit(0);
}
if(version_is_less(version:dllVer, test_version:"2003.1100.8165.0")){
report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, fixed_version:"2003.1100.8165.0", file_checked:dllPath);
security_message(port:0, data:report );
}
exit(0);