CVE-2009-0944 Information

Description

The Microsoft Office Spotlight Importer in Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 and 10.5 before 10.5.7 does not properly validate Microsoft Office files which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a file that triggers memory corruption.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/35074 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34926 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34939 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022215 http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297