Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011/2013 RTF Document resource management

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011/2013. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component RTF Document Handler. The manipulation leads to resource management. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-1641. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011/2013 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects an unknown function of the component RTF Document Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-399. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 04/14/2015. The weakness was disclosed 04/14/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-033 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-1641 since 02/17/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2996 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 82769 (MS15-033: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3048019)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110252 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-033)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

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Applying the patch MS15-033 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. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 38580. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 19693.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Zero-Day.cz (175), Tenable (82769), SecurityFocus (BID 73991†), SecurityTracker (ID 1032104†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-49598†). vimeo.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-74835, VDB-74844, VDB-74845 and VDB-74846 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: 82769
Nessus Name: MS15-033: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3048019)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities-3048019 (Mac OS X)
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Patch: MS15-033

Snort ID: 38580
Snort Message: FILE-OFFICE RFT document malformed header
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-033
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-1641 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-1641
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-74837

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SecurityFocus: 73991 - Microsoft Outlook App for Mac CVE-2015-1639 Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1032104
Vulnerability Center: 49598 - [MS15-033] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Remote Code Execution via Crafted Office Files - CVE-2015-1641, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 04/15/2015 10:33
Updated: 04/22/2026 21:46
Changes: 04/15/2015 10:33 (80), 07/29/2019 18:55 (13), 04/19/2024 05:36 (27), 07/09/2024 08:50 (3), 07/24/2024 20:14 (12), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 04/22/2026 21:46 (11)
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