Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 (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 Visio Viewer 2010 Gold and SP1 does not properly handle memory during the parsing of files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted attributes in a Visio file, aka "VSD File Format Memory Corruption Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2012-0019, CVE-2012-0020, CVE-2012-0137, and CVE-2012-0138.

The weakness was released 02/14/2012 by Xin Ouyang with Palo Alto Networks (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-0136 since 12/13/2011. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/29/2021). This vulnerability is assigned to T1059 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57949 (MS12-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2663510)), 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 110175 (Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS12-015)).

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 12091.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (72862), Tenable (57949), SecurityFocus (BID 51906†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-34490†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4643, VDB-4639, VDB-54546 and VDB-60210. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 57949
Nessus Name: MS12-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2663510)
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OpenVAS ID: 902423
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Visio Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2663510)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Xin Ouyang
Organization: Palo Alto Networks
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2012-0136 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-0136
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-60206

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X-Force: 72862
SecurityFocus: 51906 - Microsoft Visio Viewer VSD File Format CVE-2012-0136 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 34490 - [MS12-015] Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted VSD (CVE-2012-0136), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM
Updated: 11/29/2021 03:40 PM
Changes: 03/23/2015 04:50 PM (63), 04/09/2017 02:49 PM (13), 11/29/2021 03:40 PM (3)
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