Microsoft Windows up to Vista Adobe Font Driver code injection

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Adobe Font Driver. 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.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2015 by Mateusz Jurczyk with Google Project Zero as MS15-021 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-0088 since 11/18/2014. 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 $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 04/15/2022). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81736 (MS15-021: Vulnerabilities in Adobe Font Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032323)), 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 91027 (Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Driver Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-021)).

Applying the patch MS15-021 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81736), SecurityFocus (BID 72898†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031889†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48982†). The entries VDB-73950, VDB-73951, VDB-73953 and VDB-73954 are pretty similar.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 81736
Nessus Name: MS15-021: Vulnerabilities in Adobe Font Driver Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032323)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-021
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0088 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 72898 - Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Driver CVE-2015-0088 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031889 - Microsoft Windows Adobe Font Driver Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 48982 - [MS15-021] Microsoft Windows Remote Code Execution due to Vulnerability in the Adobe Font Driver - CVE-2015-0088, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Created: 03/11/2015 09:53 AM
Updated: 04/15/2022 06:38 AM
Changes: 03/11/2015 09:53 AM (68), 04/07/2017 02:51 PM (11), 04/15/2022 06:27 AM (3), 04/15/2022 06:38 AM (1)
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