Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013 OneTableDocumentStream resource management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component OneTableDocumentStream. This manipulation causes resource management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2015-0065. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component OneTableDocumentStream. 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:

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "OneTableDocumentStream Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

The issue has been introduced in 01/30/2007. The weakness was disclosed 02/10/2015 by Ben Hawkes with Google Security Team as MS15-012 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-0065 since 11/18/2014. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit 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 2933 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 19399.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (81265), SecurityFocus (BID 72465†), Secunia (SA62808†), SecurityTracker (ID 1031720†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-48598†). Additional details are provided at isc.sans.edu. The entries VDB-69108, VDB-69109, VDB-69110 and VDB-69111 are pretty similar. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Resource management
CWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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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: 804423
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3032328)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2015-0065 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0065
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-69157

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SecurityFocus: 72465 - Microsoft Word CVE-2015-0065 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: 48598 - [MS15-012] Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution or DoS via Crafted Document in OneTableDocumentStream, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 02/11/2015 13:40
Updated: 05/10/2025 20:45
Changes: 02/11/2015 13:40 (80), 06/19/2017 08:45 (11), 03/10/2022 10:18 (3), 03/10/2022 10:25 (1), 05/10/2025 20:45 (22)
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