One more extremely critical vulnerability found in M$ WORD, This is still unpatched and can be exploited by malicious people remotely.
This vulnerability is being actively exploited by opening infected word document.
Just searching the exploit in wild net.
http://secunia.com/advisories/20153/
Secunia Advisory: SA20153 Print Advisory
Release Date: 2006-05-19
Critical:
Extremely critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched
Software: Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Small Business Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Office 2003 Student and Teacher Edition
Microsoft Office XP
Microsoft Word 2002
Microsoft Word 2003
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error. This can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.
The vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Word 2002 and Microsoft Word 2003.
Solution:
Do not open untrusted Office documents.
Provided and/or discovered by:
This vulnerability has been discovered in the wild as a "Zero-day" while investigating a system compromise.
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