Microsoft Visio 2002/2003/2007 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visio 2002/2003/2007 (Image Processing Software) and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office Visio 2002 SP2, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP1 and SP2 does not properly validate attributes in Visio files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2010 by Bing Liu with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0254. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 09/08/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 45515 (MS10-028: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980094)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 90590 (Microsoft Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-028)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9678.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (57341) and Tenable (45515). The entries 50811, 53054, 52781 and 52780 are pretty similar.

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

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Nessus ID: 45515
Nessus Name: MS10-028: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Remote Code Execution (980094)
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OpenVAS ID: 902039
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (980094)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Bing Liu
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0254 (🔍)
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X-Force: 57341
Vulnerability Center: 25372 - [MS10-028] Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability, Critical
SecurityFocus: 39300 - Microsoft Visio Attribute Validation Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/08/2021 01:24
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (65), 02/23/2017 10:08 (10), 09/08/2021 01:17 (3), 09/08/2021 01:24 (2)
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