Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 memory corruption
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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 10/10/2017. The weakness was presented 10/10/2017 by Core Security with Core Security as KB3213648 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2017-11826 since 07/31/2017. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 103784 (Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (October 2017)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110306 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update October 2017).
Applying the patch KB3213648 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at catalog.update.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (103784). See 107698, 107727, 107728 and 107729 for similar entries.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 103784
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (October 2017)
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OpenVAS ID: 802136
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (KB4011236)
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: KB3213648
Researcher: Core Security
Organization: Core Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-11826 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1039541
SecurityFocus: 101219 - Microsoft Office CVE-2017-11826 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 10/11/2017 23:38Updated: 01/16/2021 09:47
Changes: 10/11/2017 23:38 (79), 11/23/2019 15:40 (7), 01/16/2021 09:47 (3)
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