A zero day word flaw exists in the Microsoft Word 2002 with Service Pack 3 according to a post at The Register a few days ago.

The SANS Institute’s Internet Storm Centre was the first one to note that this vulnerability exists.

“At this time, we are aware of limited, targeted attacks attempting to use the reported vulnerability, but we will continue to track this issue,” said Microsoft on their security blog. Workarounds were published by the company as a stop-gap measure.

Historically, Chinese hackers loved to exploit Word vulnerabilities according to The Register.

Source: The Register