Microsoft Office up to 2013 SP1 Office File data processing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office up to 2013 SP1. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Office File Handler. The manipulation leads to data processing. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-0097. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office up to 2013 SP1 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Office File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a data processing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-19. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2015 by Noam Rathaus (SecuriTeam) with Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure as MS15-022 as confirmed bulletin (Technet) via SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure. It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-0097 since 11/18/2014. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed by Eduardo Braun Prado and been published 5 months after the advisory. The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 81757 (MS15-022: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3038999)), 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 110251 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-022)).

Applying the patch MS15-022 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (101150), Exploit-DB (37657), Tenable (81757), SecurityFocus (BID 72917†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1031896†). The entries VDB-73964, VDB-73965, VDB-73966 and VDB-74393 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack SP3

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

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Class: Data processing
CWE: CWE-19
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
Author: Eduardo Braun Prado
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Nessus ID: 81757
Nessus Name: MS15-022: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3038999)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3038999)
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Patch: MS15-022
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-022
Researcher: Noam Rathaus (SecuriTeam)
Organization: Beyond Security's SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-0097 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-0097
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-73967

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X-Force: 101150 - Microsoft Office local zone code execution
SecurityFocus: 72917 - Microsoft Word CVE-2015-0097 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1031896 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 49008 - [MS15-022] Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Word Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Office File - CVE-2015-0097, Critical

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

Created: 03/11/2015 10:34
Updated: 06/18/2025 13:30
Changes: 03/11/2015 10:34 (80), 06/22/2017 10:42 (16), 04/15/2022 08:54 (3), 04/15/2022 08:56 (1), 06/18/2025 13:30 (20)
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