Microsoft Office 2007 ZIP Container credentials management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Microsoft Office 2007. This affects an unknown part of the component ZIP Container. The manipulation results in credentials management. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-6329. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown functionality of the component ZIP Container. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a credentials management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-255. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office 2007 12.0.6015.5000 and MSO 12.0.6017.5000 do not sign the metadata of Office Open XML (OOXML) documents, which makes it easier for remote attackers to modify Dublin Core metadata fields, as demonstrated by the (1) LastModifiedBy and (2) creator fields in docProps/core.xml in the OOXML ZIP container.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2007. The weakness was published 12/12/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2007-6329 since 12/13/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1552.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 316 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (39021), SecurityFocus (BID 26833†), OSVDB (44938†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-17096†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Credentials management
CWE: CWE-255
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Remote: Yes

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01/30/2007 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-6329 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-6329
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-40020
X-Force: 39021
SecurityFocus: 26833 - Microsoft Office Insecure Document Signing Weakness
OSVDB: 44938 - Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML) Document Metadata Field Modification Signature Weakness
Vulnerability Center: 17096 - Microsoft Office 2007 Insecure Digital Signature, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 13:43
Updated: 08/01/2019 15:27
Changes: 03/16/2015 13:43 (63), 08/01/2019 15:27 (1)
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