Microsoft Office up to Word Viewer input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-2466. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part. 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 summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted template, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

The weakness was published 08/11/2015 with Microsoft as MS15-081 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-2466 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 85350 (MS15-081: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3080790)), 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 (85350), SecurityFocus (BID 76217†), SecurityTracker (ID 1033239†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-51856†). Similar entries are available at VDB-77002, VDB-77043, VDB-77044 and VDB-77046. 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
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Nessus ID: 85350
Nessus Name: MS15-081: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3080790)
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OpenVAS ID: 100868
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3080790)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-081
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2466 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2466
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-77045
SecurityFocus: 76217 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-2466 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1033239 - Microsoft Office Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 51856 - [MS15-081] Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2015-2466, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/12/2015 12:33
Updated: 06/09/2022 08:45
Changes: 08/12/2015 12:33 (71), 10/05/2017 18:18 (8), 06/09/2022 08:45 (3)
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