Microsoft Office up to Word Viewer Command Line Parameter information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Command Line Parameter Handler. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2423. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component Command Line Parameter Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 08/11/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-081 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2015-2423 since 03/19/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85333 (MS15-079: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3082442)), 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 110258 (Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-081)).

Applying the patch MS15-081 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 Tenable (85333), SecurityFocus (BID 76202†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033239†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51840†). The entries VDB-77002, VDB-77003, VDB-77004 and VDB-77005 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 85333
Nessus Name: MS15-079: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (3082442)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: MS Windows Command Line Parameter Information Disclosure Vulnerability (3082458)
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Patch: MS15-081

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-081
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2423 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2423
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77044
SecurityFocus: 76202 - Multiple Microsoft Products CVE-2015-2423 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033239 - Microsoft Office Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 51840 - [MS15-079, MS15-081, MS15-088] Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Office Remote Information Disclosure - CVE-2015-2423, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2015 12:33
Updated: 06/09/2022 08:43
Changes: 08/12/2015 12:33 (71), 10/05/2017 18:17 (8), 06/09/2022 08:39 (3), 06/09/2022 08:43 (1)
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