Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 Office Document data processing

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Office Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 06/10/2015 with MWR Labs as MS15-059 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1770 since 02/17/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84055 (MS15-059: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3064949)), 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 110256 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-059)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 03/28/2022 with a due date of 04/18/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Applying the patch MS15-059 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 19920.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84055). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 75785 and 75786.

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Nessus ID: 84055
Nessus Name: MS15-059: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3064949)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3064949)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-059
Organization: MWR Labs
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1770 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1032523 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 50468 - [MS15-059] Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Office Document - CVE-2015-1770, Critical
SecurityFocus: 75016 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-1770 Uninitialized Memory Use Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Created: 06/10/2015 10:17
Updated: 05/20/2022 15:00
Changes: 06/10/2015 10:17 (68), 06/30/2017 05:52 (15), 05/20/2022 15:00 (3)
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