Microsoft Office up to XP code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Office up to XP. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-0113. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office up to XP (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 up to SP3 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an Excel document with malformed cell comments that trigger memory corruption from an "allocation error," aka "Microsoft Office Cell Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 03/11/2008. The weakness was shared 03/11/2008 by Arnaud Dovi with Microsoft as MS08-016 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2008-0113 since 01/07/2008. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 31415 (MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)), 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 110073 (Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS08-016)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS08-016 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. 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 11807.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (40887), Tenable (31415), SecurityFocus (BID 23826†), OSVDB (42708†) and Secunia (SA29321†). The entries VDB-3067, VDB-3648 and VDB-41455 are related to this item. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 31415
Nessus Name: MS08-016: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (949030)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS08-016
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS08-016
Researcher: Arnaud Dovi
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2008-0113 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-0113
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3649

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X-Force: 40887
SecurityFocus: 23826 - Microsoft Office Malformed Drawing Object Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 29321 - Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 42708 - CVE-2008-0113 - MS08-016 - Microsoft - Office - Code-execution Issue
SecurityTracker: 1019578
Vulnerability Center: 17850 - [MS08-016] Microsoft Excel Viewer Cell Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-0848

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Created: 03/18/2008 10:57
Updated: 08/07/2019 07:40
Changes: 03/18/2008 10:57 (95), 08/07/2019 07:40 (6)
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Cache ID: 216:CC2:103

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