Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1 Office Document memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1 (Presentation Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Office Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, and PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 07/14/2015 as MS15-070 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2424 since 03/19/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84739 (MS15-070: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3072620)), 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 110257 (Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-070)).

Applying the patch MS15-070 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (84739). The entries 76462, 76463, 76464 and 76465 are pretty similar.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 84739
Nessus Name: MS15-070: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3072620)
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OpenVAS ID: 800382
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3072620)
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Patch: MS15-070
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-070
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2424 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1032899
Vulnerability Center: 51210 - [MS15-070] Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution due to Memory Corruption - CVE-2015-2424, Critical
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Created: 07/15/2015 14:17
Updated: 05/31/2022 22:52
Changes: 07/15/2015 14:17 (63), 06/05/2019 13:15 (12), 05/31/2022 22:41 (2), 05/31/2022 22:52 (1)
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