Microsoft Office up to Word Viewer memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 08/11/2015 by Steven Vittitoe with Google Project Zero as MS15-081 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-2467 since 03/19/2015. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Google Security Research and been published 2 weeks after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85350 (MS15-081: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3080790)), 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 110258 (Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-081)).

Applying the patch MS15-081 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 20306.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (37913), Tenable (85350), SecurityFocus (BID 76204†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033239†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51857†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-77002, VDB-77043, VDB-77044 and VDB-77045. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Nessus ID: 85350
Nessus Name: MS15-081: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3080790)
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OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3080790)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-081
Researcher: Steven Vittitoe
Organization: Google Project Zero
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2467 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2467
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77046
SecurityFocus: 76204 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-2467 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033239 - Microsoft Office Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 51857 - [MS15-081] Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2467, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 08/12/2015 12:33 PM
Updated: 05/07/2025 03:32 AM
Changes: 08/12/2015 12:33 PM (72), 10/05/2017 06:18 PM (18), 06/09/2022 08:49 AM (3), 05/07/2025 03:32 AM (14)
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