Microsoft Outlook 2003 RTF Document OLE Object containing privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Outlook 2003 (Groupware Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown code block of the file containing of the component RTF Document OLE Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Outlook 2003 allows remote attackers to bypass the default zone restrictions and execute script within media files via a Rich Text Format (RTF) message containing an OLE object for the Windows Media Player, which bypasses Media Player s setting to disallow scripting and may lead to unprompted installation of an executable when exploited in conjunction with predictable-file-location exposures such as CVE-2004-0502.

The weakness was presented 05/18/2004 by http-equiv with malware.com (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2004-0503 since 05/27/2004. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at malware.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (16173). See 659 for similar entry.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Recommended: Disable
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: http-equiv
Organization: malware.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2004-0503 (🔍)
X-Force: 16173 - Microsoft Outlook 2003 OLE object bypass restricted security zone, Medium Risk
Vulnerability Center: 5903 - Code Execution in Outlook 2003 via OLE Object, Medium
SecurityFocus: 10369 - Microsoft Outlook 2003 Media File Script Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 11629 - Microsoft Outlook RTF Embedded OLE Object Security Bypass, Moderately Critical
OSVDB: 6217 - Microsoft Outlook RTF Embedded Object Security Bypass

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 05/19/2004 12:59
Updated: 06/07/2017 16:04
Changes: 05/19/2004 12:59 (84), 06/07/2017 16:04 (4)
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