Microsoft Office 2016 Memory information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Office 2016. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure (Memory). This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2018-1007. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2016 (Office Suite Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability (Memory). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly discloses the contents of its memory, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability." This affects Microsoft Office. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2018-0950.

The bug was discovered 04/10/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/10/2018 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1007 since 12/01/2017. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592. The advisory points out:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 108972 (Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (April 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 110316 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update April 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 (108972) and SecurityFocus (BID 103640†). The entries VDB-116013, VDB-116014, VDB-116015 and VDB-116016 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Name: Memory
Class: Information disclosure / Memory
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 108972
Nessus Name: Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (April 2018)
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OpenVAS ID: 53371
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office 2016 Information Disclosure Vulnerability (KB4011628)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-1007 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-1007
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116132

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SecurityFocus: 103640 - Microsoft Office CVE-2018-1007 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040654

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/13/2018 10:09
Updated: 02/09/2021 18:40
Changes: 04/13/2018 10:09 (78), 01/24/2020 16:32 (4), 02/09/2021 18:40 (2)
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