Microsoft Word 2000 AutoRecovery File Macro privileges management
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Word 2000 (Word Processing Software). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component AutoRecovery File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (Macro). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Word 2000 does not check AutoRecovery (.asd) files for macros, which allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary macros with the user ID of the Word user.
The bug was discovered 05/23/2001. The weakness was presented 08/14/2001 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2001-0628. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 83 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.
Applying the patch SP2 is able to eliminate this problem.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (6614).
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
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Exploiting
Name: MacroClass: Privileges management / Macro
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1068
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Patch: SP2
Timeline
05/23/2001 🔍05/23/2001 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2001-0628 (🔍)
X-Force: 6614
Vulnerability Center: 8044 - Local Arbitrary Macro Execution in Word 2000 via AutoRecovery Files, Medium
SecurityFocus: 2760 - Microsoft Word .asd Macro File Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1838 - Microsoft Word, Macro Execution via AutoRecover File
Entry
Created: 07/08/2014 01:03Updated: 06/01/2019 17:22
Changes: 07/08/2014 01:03 (61), 06/01/2019 17:22 (3)
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