Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 Presentation File Parser input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Presentation File Parser. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-1269. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2004/2007/2008 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component Presentation File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 SP3, 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2; Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; and Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP2 make unspecified function calls during file parsing without proper handling of memory, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PowerPoint document, aka "Presentation Memory Corruption RCE Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 05/10/2011 by Will Dormann with Microsoft as MS11-036 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-1269 since 03/04/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55135 (MS11-036 / MS11-045: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2545814 / 2537146) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110149 (Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-036)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS11-036 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 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 11184.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (67302), Tenable (55135), SecurityFocus (BID 47699†), Secunia (SA44539†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31392†). The entries VDB-4348, VDB-57690, VDB-57689 and VDB-57688 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 55135
Nessus Name: MS11-036 / MS11-045: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2545814 / 2537146) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 902430
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2545814)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: MS11-036
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03/04/2011 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-036
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2011-1269 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-1269
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4349

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X-Force: 67302
SecurityFocus: 47699 - Microsoft PowerPoint (CVE-2011-1270) Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 44539 - Microsoft Office for Mac Presentation File Parsing Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Highly Critical
Vulnerability Center: 31392 - [MS11-036] Microsoft PowerPoint for Office Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 05/19/2011 02:00
Updated: 03/19/2021 10:15
Changes: 05/19/2011 02:00 (87), 03/22/2017 09:45 (11), 03/19/2021 10:15 (3)
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