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CVE Number Vulnerability Product Severity Date
MS10-067 Vulnerability in WordPad Text Converters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2259922) Windows Server Critical 15-09-2010

Technical Information

Brief overview of the risk:
The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opened a specially crafted file using WordPad.
Detailed Information on the risk:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft WordPad processes memory when parsing a specially crafted Word 97 document. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Word file that includes a malformed structure.


Further information on this exploit is available at : MS10-067

Affected Software

Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2
Windows Server 2003 with SP2 for Itanium-based Systems
Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Service Pack 2
Windows XP Service Pack 3