Microsoft Office up to 2013 SP1 RTF File resource management

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office up to 2013 SP1 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component RTF File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 03/10/2015 by Ben Hawkes with Google Project Zero as MS15-022 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-0086 since 11/18/2014. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81757 (MS15-022: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3038999)), 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 110251 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-022)).

Applying the patch MS15-022 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 19556.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101149), Tenable (81757), SecurityFocus (BID 72911†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031896†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48997†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-73964, VDB-73965, VDB-73967 and VDB-74393.

Affected

  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81757
Nessus Name: MS15-022: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3038999)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3038999)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-022
Researcher: Ben Hawkes
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0086 (🔍)
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X-Force: 101149 - Microsoft Office RTF code execution
SecurityFocus: 72911 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-0086 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031896 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48997 - [MS15-022] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-0086, Critical

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Created: 03/11/2015 10:34 AM
Updated: 04/15/2022 08:50 AM
Changes: 03/11/2015 10:34 AM (80), 06/22/2017 10:40 AM (7), 04/15/2022 08:45 AM (3), 04/15/2022 08:50 AM (1)
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