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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and Office 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was released 12/08/2015 by Kai Lu with Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs as MS15-131 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-6118 since 08/14/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87260 (MS15-131: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3116111)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110262 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-131)).
Applying the patch MS15-131 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 22075.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87260), SecurityFocus (BID 78546†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54911†).
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Nessus ID: 87260
Nessus Name: MS15-131: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3116111)
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OpenVAS ID: 100868
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3116111)
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS15-131
Researcher: Kai Lu
Organization: Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2015-6118 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 78546 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-6118 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034324
Vulnerability Center: 54911 - [MS15-131] Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2 Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-6118, Critical
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Created: 12/09/2015 12:18Updated: 06/29/2022 08:45
Changes: 12/09/2015 12:18 (69), 05/12/2018 09:25 (11), 06/29/2022 08:45 (3)
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