Microsoft Windows Vista SP2 up to Server 2012 R2 OLE input validation
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows (Operating System). This issue affects an unknown code of the component OLE. 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 summary by CVE is:
OLE in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, and Windows RT Gold and 8.1 allows remote attackers to gain privileges via crafted input, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-2416.
The weakness was presented 07/14/2015 as MS15-075 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2417 since 03/19/2015. 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 price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/31/2022).
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84741 (MS15-075: Vulnerabilities in OLE Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3072633)), 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 91071 (Microsoft Windows OLE Elevation of Privilege Vulnerabilities (MS15-075)).
Applying the patch MS15-075 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 20188.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84741). See 76492 for similar entry.
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CPE 2.3
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Class: Input validationCWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 84741
Nessus Name: MS15-075: Vulnerabilities in OLE Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (3072633)
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comProduct: microsoft.com
Advisory: MS15-075
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-2417 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1032906
Vulnerability Center: 51226 - [MS15-075] Microsoft Windows Remote Privileges Escalation via Crafted Input - CVE-2015-2417, High
SecurityFocus: 75634
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140213
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Entry
Created: 07/15/2015 14:14Updated: 05/31/2022 21:22
Changes: 07/15/2015 14:14 (63), 05/03/2019 08:01 (8), 05/31/2022 21:09 (2), 05/31/2022 21:22 (1)
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