Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp memory corruption

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/Xp (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The RichEdit component in Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, XP SP2, and 2003 SP1; Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, and Office 2004 for Mac; and Learning Essentials for Microsoft Office 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed OLE object in an RTF file, which triggers memory corruption.

The bug was discovered 02/13/2007. The weakness was presented 02/13/2007 by Kostya Kortchinsky and Fabrice Desclaux with Microsoft (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-1311 since 03/20/2006. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2808 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24337 (MS07-013: Vulnerability in Microsoft RichEdit Could Allow Remote Code Execution (918118)), 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 110054 (Microsoft RichEdit Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-013)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 4900.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (30592), Tenable (24337), SecurityFocus (BID 21876†), OSVDB (31886†) and Secunia (SA24152†). See VDB-32690, VDB-35001, VDB-35000 and VDB-34994 for similar entries. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Nessus ID: 24337
Nessus Name: MS07-013: Vulnerability in Microsoft RichEdit Could Allow Remote Code Execution (918118)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Kostya Kortchinsky, Fabrice Desclaux
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-1311 (🔍)
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X-Force: 30592
SecurityFocus: 21876 - Microsoft Office And Microsoft Windows RichEdit Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24152 - Microsoft RichEdit OLE Dialog Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 31886 - Microsoft RichEdit OLE Dialog RTF Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1017640
Vulnerability Center: 14280 - [MS07-013] Microsoft RichEdit Component Memory Corruption via RTF File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-0582

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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16 PM
Updated: 01/04/2025 10:47 PM
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 PM (84), 07/14/2019 04:34 PM (9), 01/04/2025 10:47 PM (16)
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