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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) and Tenable (81757). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 73964, 73965, 73967 and 74393.

Affected

• Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3

Productinfo

Type

• Office Suite Software

Vendor

• Microsoft

Name

• Office

Version

• 2007 SP3
• 2010 SP2
• 2013
• 2013 RT
• 2013 RT SP1
• 2013 SP1

License

• commercial

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Nessus ID: 81757
Nessus Name: MS15-022: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3038999)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3038999)
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS15-022
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Timelineinfo

11/18/2014 🔍
03/10/2015 +112 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2015-0086 (🔍)
OVAL: 🔍

X-Force: 101149 - Microsoft Office RTF code execution
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
SecurityFocus: 72911 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-0086 Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

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