Microsoft Office up to 2019 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office up to 2019. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability was named CVE-2019-1402. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Office up to 2019 (Office Suite Software). Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability'.

The weakness was presented 11/12/2019 as confirmed security update guide (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with the vendor. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1402. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Required for exploitation is a authentication. 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 in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the user’s system.

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

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

11/26/2018 🔍
11/12/2019 +351 days 🔍
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11/13/2019 +1 days 🔍
02/11/2024 +1551 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2019-1402 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-1402
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-145368

Entryinfo

Created: 11/13/2019 08:18
Updated: 02/11/2024 15:06
Changes: 11/13/2019 08:18 (43), 11/13/2019 08:23 (17), 02/11/2024 15:06 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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