Microsoft Office 2010 Object resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2010. Affected is an unknown function of the component Object Handler. The manipulation results in resource management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2015-0064. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2010 (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown part of the component Object Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-399. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The issue has been introduced in 06/15/2010. The weakness was released 02/10/2015 by Ben Hawkes with Google Security Team as MS15-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2015-0064 since 11/18/2014. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1701 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81265 (MS15-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032328)), 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 110249 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-012)).

Applying the patch MS15-012 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 19398.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81265), SecurityFocus (BID 72463†), Secunia (SA62808†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031720†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48594†). Further details are available at isc.sans.edu. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-69108, VDB-69109, VDB-69110 and VDB-69111. Once again VulDB remains the best source 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: 81265
Nessus Name: MS15-012: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3032328)
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OpenVAS ID: 800218
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3032328)
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Patch: MS15-012
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-012
Researcher: Ben Hawkes
Organization: Google Security Team
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0064 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0064
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69156

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SecurityFocus: 72463 - Microsoft Word CVE-2015-0064 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Secunia: 62808 - Microsoft Office Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1031720 - Microsoft Office Object Handling Errors in Excel and Word Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 48594 - [MS15-012] Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution or DoS via Crafted Office Document, Critical

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

Created: 02/11/2015 13:40
Updated: 05/09/2025 18:45
Changes: 02/11/2015 13:40 (79), 06/19/2017 08:45 (11), 03/10/2022 10:07 (4), 03/10/2022 10:13 (1), 05/09/2025 18:45 (22)
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