Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011 Object input validation

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 01/30/2007. The weakness was shared 10/14/2014 with Zero Day Initiative as MS14-061 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-4117 since 06/12/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2814 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 78437 (MS14-061: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000434)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins.

Applying the patch MS14-061 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. 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 16846.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (96776) and Tenable (78437). krebsonsecurity.com is providing further details. The entries 67832, 67831, 67806 and 67811 are related to this item.

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Nessus ID: 78437
Nessus Name: MS14-061: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3000434)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability-3000434 (Mac OS X)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS14-061
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

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X-Force: 96776
SecurityTracker: 1031024 - Microsoft Office Object Handling Error Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 46452 - [MS14-061] Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Word File - CVE-2014-4117, Critical
SecurityFocus: 70360 - Microsoft Office Word File Processing CVE-2014-4117 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
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Created: 10/15/2014 11:46
Updated: 02/22/2022 07:35
Changes: 10/15/2014 11:46 (82), 06/08/2017 10:26 (10), 02/22/2022 07:29 (3), 02/22/2022 07:35 (1)
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