VDB-5268 · EDB 18749 · OSVDB 81251

Microsoft Office 2008 on Mac RTF Pfragment File memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2008 on Mac and classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown function of the component RTF Pfragment File Handler. The manipulation results in memory corruption. In addition, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2008 on Mac (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component RTF Pfragment File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 04/18/2012 by Abhishek Lyall with Aslitsecurity as not defined exploit (Exploit-DB). The advisory is shared for download at exploit-db.com. The public release happened without coordination with the vendor. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. A authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Abhishek Lyall in Python and been published immediately after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day 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 Exploit-DB (18749) and OSVDB (81251†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Abhishek Lyall
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04/22/2012 +3 days 🔍
04/01/2019 +2535 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: exploit-db.com
Researcher: Abhishek Lyall
Organization: Aslitsecurity
Status: Not defined

GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5268
OSVDB: 81251

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

Entryinfo

Created: 04/22/2012 12:24
Updated: 04/01/2019 14:03
Changes: 04/22/2012 12:24 (54), 04/01/2019 14:03 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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