A vulnerability has been identified in Microsoft Word, which could be
exploited by attackers to take complete control of an affected system.
This issue is due to a memory corruption error when handling a
malformed document, which could be exploited by attackers to execute
arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted
Word document.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office 2000
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Word 2000
Microsoft Word 2002