Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3/2010 SP2 Search Path privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3/2010 SP2. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Search Path Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2015-2378. No exploit is available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3/2010 SP2 (Spreadsheet Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Search Path Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Untrusted search path vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel Viewer 2007 SP3, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse DLL in the current working directory, aka "Microsoft Excel DLL Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 07/14/2015 (Website). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2015-2378 since 03/19/2015. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 84739 (MS15-070: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3072620)), 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 110257 (Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-070)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (84739), SecurityFocus (BID 75637†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51213†). Similar entries are available at VDB-76462, VDB-76463, VDB-76464 and VDB-76466. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 84739
Nessus Name: MS15-070: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3072620)
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OpenVAS ID: 801345
OpenVAS Name: MS SharePoint Server Excel Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3072620)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: technet.microsoft.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2015-2378 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2378
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-76465

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SecurityFocus: 75637
SecurityTracker: 1032899
Vulnerability Center: 51213 - [MS15-070] Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution via Trojan Horse DLL - CVE-2015-2378, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/15/2015 13:51
Updated: 05/31/2022 14:47
Changes: 07/15/2015 13:51 (57), 07/12/2017 23:54 (12), 05/31/2022 14:44 (3), 05/31/2022 14:47 (1)
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Cache ID: 216:C62:103

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