Microsoft Office Publisher code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Publisher. The manipulation leads to code injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2011-3412. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (Office Suite Software) (the affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Publisher. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3, and 2007 SP2 and SP3, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file that leverages incorrect memory handling, aka "Publisher Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 12/13/2011 by Will Dormann with Cert/CC as MS11-091 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The vendor cooperated in the coordination of the public release. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-3412 since 09/09/2011. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 57277 (MS11-091: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2607702)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110161 (Microsoft Office Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-091)).

Applying the patch MS11-091 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. 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 11926.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (57277), SecurityFocus (BID 50955†), OSVDB (77672†), Secunia (SA46438†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1026414†). computerworld.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-4470, VDB-4466, VDB-4474 and VDB-4480 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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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.7

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Access: Private
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Nessus ID: 57277
Nessus Name: MS11-091: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2607702)
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OpenVAS ID: 902493
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (2607702)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS11-091
Researcher: Will Dormann
Organization: Cert/CC
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2011-3412 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3412
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-4469

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SecurityFocus: 50955 - Microsoft Publisher (CVE-2011-3412) Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 46438 - Microsoft Office Publisher Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 77672
SecurityTracker: 1026414 - Microsoft Publisher Multiple Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 34020 - [MS11-091] Microsoft Publisher 2003 and 2007 Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 01/21/2012 01:00
Updated: 01/07/2025 19:12
Changes: 01/21/2012 01:00 (82), 04/05/2017 15:45 (12), 03/20/2021 07:27 (3), 01/07/2025 19:12 (16)
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