Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/2007/Xp Drawing Object resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/2007/Xp (Office Suite Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Drawing Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in MSO.dll in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, 2002 SP3, 2003 SP2, 2004 for Mac, and 2007 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed drawing object, which triggers memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 05/08/2007. The weakness was disclosed 05/08/2007 by Arnaud Dovi with Microsoft as MS07-025 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1747 since 03/29/2007. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2892 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $100k and more. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31415 (MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)), 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 110059 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS07-025)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS07-025 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11807.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (33908) and Tenable (31415). The entries 3648 and 3649 are pretty similar.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 31415
Nessus Name: MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-025
Researcher: Arnaud Dovi
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2007-1747 (🔍)
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X-Force: 33908 - Microsoft Office drawing object code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1018014
Vulnerability Center: 15041 - [MS07-025] Microsoft Office MSO.dll Remote Code Execution via Malformed Drawing Objects, Medium
SecurityFocus: 23826 - Microsoft Office Malformed Drawing Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 25178
OSVDB: 34396 - Microsoft Office Crafted Drawing Object Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2007-1710

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Created: 05/15/2007 10:45
Updated: 07/18/2019 18:54
Changes: 05/15/2007 10:45 (108), 07/18/2019 18:54 (1)
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