Microsoft Office/SharePoint memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office and SharePoint. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2015-6038. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office and SharePoint (Office Suite Software). This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 11/10/2015 by Steven Seeley with Zero Day Initiative as MS15-116 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-6038 since 08/14/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86817 (MS15-116: Security Updates for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540) (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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110261 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS15-116)).

Applying the patch MS15-116 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 21841.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86817), SecurityFocus (BID 77489†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54341†). Similar entries are available at VDB-79117, VDB-79176, VDB-79177 and VDB-79187. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

Affected

  • Microsoft Office 2007 up to 2016
  • Microsoft Sharepoint 2007/2010/2013

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 86817
Nessus Name: MS15-116: Security Updates for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 800218
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3104540)
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Patch: MS15-116
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-116
Researcher: Steven Seeley
Organization: Zero Day Initiative
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-6038 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-6038
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79175
SecurityFocus: 77489 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-6038 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034118
Vulnerability Center: 54341 - [MS15-116] Microsoft Excel, Excel Viewer, Excel Services and Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution - CVE-2015-6038, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2015 16:57
Updated: 06/27/2022 09:47
Changes: 11/11/2015 16:57 (68), 04/11/2018 11:38 (12), 06/27/2022 09:47 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:167:103

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