Microsoft Groove 2007 mso.dll memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Groove 2007. Impacted is an unknown function in the library mso.dll. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-3146. Furthermore, there is an exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Groove 2007 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part in the library mso.dll. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Multiple untrusted search path vulnerabilities in Microsoft Groove 2007 SP2 allow local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse (1) mso.dll or (2) GroovePerfmon.dll file in the current working directory, as demonstrated by a directory that contains a Groove vCard (.vcg) or Groove Tool Archive (.gta) file, aka "Microsoft Groove Insecure Library Loading Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 08/25/2010 by Beenu Arora (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3146. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/21/2025).

A public exploit has been developed by Beenu Arora in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 52584 (MS11-016: Vulnerability in Microsoft Groove Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2494047)), 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 110145 (Microsoft Office Groove Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS11-016)).

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 10877.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (64077), Exploit-DB (14746), Tenable (52584), SecurityFocus (BID 42695†) and OSVDB (67484†). The entry VDB-56779 is related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Beenu Arora
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Nessus ID: 52584
Nessus Name: MS11-016: Vulnerability in Microsoft Groove Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2494047)
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OpenVAS ID: 902351
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Groove Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2494047)
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Saint ID: exploit_info/ms_office_groove_library_load
Saint Name: Microsoft Office Groove Insecure Library Loading

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Beenu Arora
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2010-3146 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-3146
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-54554

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X-Force: 64077
SecurityFocus: 42695 - Microsoft Groove 2007 'mso.dll' DLL Loading Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability
OSVDB: 67484 - Microsoft Office Groove Path Subversion Arbitrary DLL Injection Code Execution
Vulnerability Center: 27000 - [MS11-016] Microsoft Office Groove 2007 Untrusted Search Path Vulnerability Allows Code Execution, Medium

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

Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 01/21/2025 06:59
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (75), 03/03/2017 10:55 (16), 09/24/2021 07:39 (2), 09/24/2021 07:45 (1), 01/21/2025 06:59 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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