Microsoft Office 2010 Chinese IME access control

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2010 (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component Chinese IME. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Pinyin IME 2010, when used in conjunction with Microsoft Office 2010 SP1, does not properly restrict configuration options, which allows local users to gain privileges by starting Internet Explorer from the IME toolbar, aka "Chinese IME Vulnerability."
The advisory summarizes:
Only implementations of Microsoft Pinyin IME 2010 are affected by this vulnerability.

The issue has been introduced in 06/15/2010. The weakness was presented 09/10/2013 by Wi Wang with Vuln Hunt as MS13-075 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2013-3859 since 06/03/2013. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1183 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69927 (MS13-075: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2878687)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch kb2687413 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (86698) and Tenable (69927). Further details are available at krebsonsecurity.com. See 10189, 10190, 10191 and 10192 for similar entries.

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Class: Access control
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Nessus ID: 69927
Nessus Name: MS13-075: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2878687)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-075
Researcher: Wi Wang
Organization: Vuln Hunt
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3859 (🔍)
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X-Force: 86698
Vulnerability Center: 41443 - [MS13-075] Microsoft Office Pinyin IME 2010 (Chinese) Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, High
SecurityFocus: 62181 - Microsoft Office Pinyin IME 2010 CVE-2013-3859 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Secunia: 54742 - Microsoft Office Pinyin IME for Simplified Chinese Privilege Escalation Vulnerability, Less Critical
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Created: 09/11/2013 10:33
Updated: 05/24/2021 09:14
Changes: 09/11/2013 10:33 (85), 05/11/2017 08:36 (3), 05/24/2021 09:14 (3)
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Committer: olku

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