Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 Word File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010. It has been declared as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Word File Handler. Executing a manipulation as part of Word File can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2013-3852. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/2010 (Office Suite Software). It has been declared as very critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Word File Handler. The manipulation as part of a Word File 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP3, and 2010 SP1; Office Compatibility Pack SP3; and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 11/17/2003. The weakness was published 09/10/2013 by Mateusz Jurczyk, Ben Hawkes and Ivan Fratric with Google Security Team as MS13-072 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. The public release has been coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-3852 since 06/03/2013. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/24/2021).

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 3585 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69832 (MS13-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2845537)), 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 110216 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS13-072)).

Applying the patch MS13-072 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 13183.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69832), SecurityFocus (BID 62216†), OSVDB (97124†), Secunia (SA54737†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-41460†). Additional details are provided at krebsonsecurity.com. Similar entries are available at VDB-10188, VDB-10189, VDB-10190 and VDB-10191. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69832
Nessus Name: MS13-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2845537)
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OpenVAS ID: 903401
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2845537)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-072
Researcher: Mateusz Jurczyk, Ben Hawkes, Ivan Fratric
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-3852 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-3852
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-10240

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SecurityFocus: 62216 - Microsoft Word CVE-2013-3852 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 54737 - Microsoft Office Word Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 97124
Vulnerability Center: 41460 - [MS13-072] Microsoft Word Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Remote Code Execution - CVE-2013-3852, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/11/2013 17:12
Updated: 05/24/2021 14:32
Changes: 09/11/2013 17:12 (96), 05/11/2017 08:38 (2), 05/24/2021 14:32 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:89E:103

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