Microsoft Office/Excel/PowerPoint up to 2019 URL Document data processing
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Summary
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint up to 2019. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. The manipulation as part of Document leads to data processing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2019-0801. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office, Excel and PowerPoint up to 2019 (Office Suite Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component URL Handler. The manipulation as part of a Document leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
The bug was discovered 04/09/2019. The weakness was released 04/09/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2019-0801 since 11/26/2018. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The advisory points out:
A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office fails to properly handle certain files.
The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110333 (Microsoft Office and Microsoft Office Services and Web Apps Security Update April 2019).
Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-133184, VDB-133199, VDB-133200 and VDB-133201. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.
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Website
- Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9
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Exploiting
Class: Data processingCWE: CWE-19
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Timeline
11/26/2018 🔍04/09/2019 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-0801 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-0801
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-133181
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Entry
Created: 04/10/2019 06:59Updated: 08/27/2023 17:21
Changes: 04/10/2019 06:59 (64), 05/27/2020 20:19 (2), 08/27/2023 17:21 (4)
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