Buffer overflow in the converter for Microsoft WordPerfect 5.x on Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, and Works Suites 2001 through 2004 al
Buffer overflow in the converter for Microsoft WordPerfect 5.x on Office 2000, Office XP, Office 2003, and Works Suites 2001 through 2004 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malicious document or website.
- Published
- Sep 28, 2004
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 42.3% · 99th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
43
Plan
Add it to your regular patch cycle.
- CVSS
- 30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 13 / 30 · 42.3%
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | frontpage | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:frontpage |
| microsoft | office | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office |
| microsoft | publisher | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher |
| microsoft | word | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word |
| microsoft | works | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:works |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- microsoft frontpage2000
- microsoft frontpage2002
- microsoft frontpage2003
- microsoft office2000
- microsoft office2003
- microsoft officexp
- microsoft publisher2000
- microsoft publisher2002
- microsoft publisher2003
- microsoft word2000
- microsoft word2002
- microsoft word2003
- microsoft works2001
- microsoft works2002
- microsoft works2003
- microsoft works2004
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- P · data can be read
- Integrity
- P · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- P · the service can be disrupted
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Confidentiality impact
- P
- Integrity impact
- P
- Availability impact
- P
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Noroxi analysis
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References
- marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109519646030906&w=2
- secunia.com/advisories/12529
- securitytracker.com/id?1011249
- securitytracker.com/id?1011250
- securitytracker.com/id?1011251
- securitytracker.com/id?1011252
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/449438
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2004/ms04-027
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17306
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2670
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3311
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3333
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4005
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5021
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.