Microsoft Office up to Xp resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Office up to Xp. This issue affects some unknown processing. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2009-0560. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office up to Xp (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Excel in Microsoft Office 2000 SP3, Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, and Office 2004 and 2008 for Mac; Excel in 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2; Open XML File Format Converter for Mac; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer 2003 SP3; Microsoft Office Excel Viewer; and Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats SP1 and SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Excel file with a malformed record object, aka "Field Sanitization Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 06/09/2009. The weakness was disclosed 06/09/2009 by Bing Liu with Fortinet (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2009-0560 since 02/12/2009. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50062 (MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (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 110100 (Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS09-021)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8206.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (50788), Tenable (50062), SecurityFocus (BID 35244†), OSVDB (54956†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1022351†). The entries VDB-37163, VDB-48554, VDB-48553 and VDB-48552 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 50062
Nessus Name: MS09-017 / MS09-021 / MS09-027: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (967340 / 969462 / 969514) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 900670
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (969462)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Bing Liu
Organization: Fortinet
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2009-0560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-48547

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X-Force: 50788
SecurityFocus: 35244 - Microsoft Excel Field Sanitization Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 54956 - Microsoft Office Excel Record Object Field Sanitization Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1022351
Vulnerability Center: 22491 - [MS09-021] Microsoft Excel Field Sanitization Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-1540

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 23:38
Updated: 09/06/2019 06:53
Changes: 03/17/2015 23:38 (76), 09/06/2019 06:53 (14)
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