THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-0088
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-0088

Office Converter Pack vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
28.4%
EPSS pct
98th
Exploited
No known
The WordPerfect 6.x Converter (WPFT632.CNV, 1998.1.27.0) in Microsoft Office Word 2000 SP3 and Microsoft Office Converter Pack does not properly validate the length of an unspecified string, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted WordPerfect 6.x file, related to an unspecified counter and control structures on the stack, aka "Word 2000 WordPerfect 6.x Converter Stack Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office Converter Pack
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2009-04-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 28.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-0088

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office Converter Pack is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-0088.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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