Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp ActiveX Control VBE6.DLL code injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality in the library VBE6.DLL of the component ActiveX Control. Executing a manipulation can lead to code injection. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2010-0815. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as very critical was found in Microsoft Office 2003/2007/Xp (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown processing in the library VBE6.DLL of the component ActiveX Control. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

VBE6.DLL in Microsoft Office XP SP3, Office 2003 SP3, 2007 Microsoft Office System SP1 and SP2, Visual Basic for Applications (VBA), and VBA SDK 6.3 through 6.5 does not properly search for ActiveX controls that are embedded in documents, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "VBE6.DLL Stack Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 05/12/2010 by NSFocus Security Team with NSFOCUS Security Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability was named CVE-2010-0815. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/13/2021). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1059.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 46313 (MS10-031: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978213)), 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 110121 (Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS10-031)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 9741.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (58170), Tenable (46313), SecurityFocus (BID 39931†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-25705†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Code injection
CWE: CWE-94 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Nessus ID: 46313
Nessus Name: MS10-031: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978213)
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OpenVAS ID: 902178
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Visual Basic Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (978213)
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03/02/2010 🔍
05/03/2010 +62 days 🔍
05/11/2010 +8 days 🔍
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03/19/2015 +1772 days 🔍
09/13/2021 +2370 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: NSFocus Security Team
Organization: NSFOCUS Security Team
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-0815 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0815
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53164

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X-Force: 58170
SecurityFocus: 39931 - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Text Parsing Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 25705 - [MS10-031] Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Remote Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability, Critical

Entryinfo

Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/13/2021 09:49
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (67), 02/24/2017 10:11 (10), 09/13/2021 09:46 (3), 09/13/2021 09:49 (1)
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