Microsoft Windows up to Vista TrueType Font Parser input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component TrueType Font Parser. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-2435. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Windows up to Vista (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component TrueType Font Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 08/11/2015 by Jihui Lu with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-080 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2435 since 03/19/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/08/2022).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85347 (Microsoft Silverlight < 5.1.40728.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS15-080) (Mac OS X)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 91085 (Microsoft Graphics Component Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS15-080)).

Applying the patch MS15-080 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 20352.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (85347), SecurityFocus (BID 76238†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033238†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51830†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-77015, VDB-77016, VDB-77017 and VDB-77018. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 85347
Nessus Name: Microsoft Silverlight < 5.1.40728.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities (MS15-080) (Mac OS X)
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Patch: MS15-080
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-080
Researcher: Jihui Lu
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2435 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2435
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77021
SecurityFocus: 76238 - Microsoft Windows TrueType Fonts CVE-2015-2435 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033238 - Microsoft Graphics Component Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Remote Authenticated Users Bypass Security Features and Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 51830 - [MS15-080] Microsoft Window, Office, Lync and Silverlight Remote Code Execution in OpenType Font Parsing - CVE-2015-2435, Critical

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161215
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2015 11:59
Updated: 06/08/2022 03:58
Changes: 08/12/2015 11:59 (66), 05/03/2019 06:53 (13), 06/08/2022 03:51 (3), 06/08/2022 03:58 (1)
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