## https://sploitus.com/exploit?id=SAINT:FA1F5A4A0A3B2EA21394DB99E57F4F2D
Added: 08/05/2009
CVE: [CVE-2009-0565](<https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2009-0565>)
BID: [35190](<http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35190>)
OSVDB: [54960](<http://www.osvdb.org/54960>)
### Background
Microsoft Office Word is Microsoft's word processing software, released as a component of Microsoft Office suite.
### Problem
A buffer overflow in Microsoft Office Word allows remote command execution when a specially crafted Word file with a malformed Sprm record is processed.
### Resolution
Install the patch referenced in [Microsoft Security Bulletin 09-027](<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-027.mspx>).
### References
<http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS09-027.mspx>
### Limitations
Exploit works on Windows XP SP3 with DEP enabled, and requires a user to open the exploit file in Microsoft Office Word 2002 SP3 with patch KB956329.
### Platforms
Windows