Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013/2013 RT SP1 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013/2013 RT SP1. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-0922. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013/2013 RT SP1 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 03/13/2018. The weakness was presented 03/13/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-0922 since 12/01/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The advisory points out:

A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the Office software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108298 (Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Project Server (March 2018)), 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 110312 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update March 2018).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (108298) and SecurityFocus (BID 103314†). See VDB-114549, VDB-114551, VDB-114552 and VDB-114553 for similar entries. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 108298
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server and Microsoft Project Server (March 2018)
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OpenVAS ID: 803020
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4011709)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Researcher: Wayne Low
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-0922 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-0922
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-114563

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SecurityFocus: 103314 - Microsoft Office CVE-2018-0922 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040511

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Created: 03/14/2018 14:22
Updated: 02/05/2021 07:39
Changes: 03/14/2018 14:22 (75), 01/13/2020 15:20 (5), 02/05/2021 07:35 (3), 02/05/2021 07:39 (1)
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