CVE-2010-3216 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Word 2002 SP3 and Office 2004 for Mac allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Word document containing bookmarks that trigger use of an invalid pointer and memory corruption, aka "Word Bookmarks Vulnerability."

Published: 2010-10-13

Score: 9.3 Critical

EPSS: 20.8% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2004::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2002:sp3::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.20833.

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References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514291/100/0/threaded
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-285A.html
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2010/ms10-079
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7529

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Word

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2010-10-13T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T03:03:18.623Z

Reserved: 2010-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2010-3216

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2010-10-13T19:00:44.650

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:22:23.453

Link: CVE-2010-3216

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-94
Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

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