Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp code injection

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, XP SP3, 2003 SP2, Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3, and Office 2004 for Mac allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document that triggers memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was published 03/11/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0118 since 01/07/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3200 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50056 (MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110073 (Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-016)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. 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 5985.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40888) and Tenable (50056). Similar entries are available at 3552, 3648, 3649 and 34122.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
ATT&CK: T1059

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Nessus ID: 50056
Nessus Name: MS08-014 / MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949029 / 949030) (Mac OS X)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_office_drawing_shapes
Saint Name: Microsoft Office Drawing Shapes memory corruption vulnerability

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0118 (🔍)
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X-Force: 40888
SecurityTracker: 1019578
Vulnerability Center: 17851 - [MS08-016] Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Arbitrary Code Execution, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28146 - Microsoft Office File Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 29321 - Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42709 - CVE-2008-0118 - MS08-016 - Microsoft - Memory Corruption Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-0848

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/07/2019 07:53
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (93), 08/07/2019 07:53 (5)
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