Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016 Sandbox access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016 and classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function of the component Sandbox. The manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-2503. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Sandbox. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Access 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, InfoPath 2007 SP3, OneNote 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Project 2007 SP3, Publisher 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2007 IME (Japanese) SP3, Access 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, InfoPath 2010 SP2, OneNote 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Project 2010 SP2, Publisher 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Pinyin IME 2010, Access 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, InfoPath 2013 SP1, OneNote 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Project 2013 SP1, Publisher 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, OneNote 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Access 2016, Excel 2016, OneNote 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Project 2016, Publisher 2016, Visio 2016, Word 2016, Skype for Business 2016, and Lync 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and gain privileges via a crafted web site that is accessed with Internet Explorer, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium In tegrity, aka "Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 11/11/2015 with Microsoft 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-2015-2503 since 03/19/2015. 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 attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86823 (MS15-116: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins 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 even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86823), SecurityFocus (BID 77485†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54286†). The entries VDB-79117, VDB-79175, VDB-79176 and VDB-79177 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Nessus ID: 86823
Nessus Name: MS15-116: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3104540)
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OpenVAS ID: 800343
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft OneNote Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (3104540)
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Patch: MS15-116
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS15-116
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2015-2503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-2503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-79187
SecurityFocus: 77485 - Microsoft Office CVE-2015-2503 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034117
Vulnerability Center: 54286 - [MS15-116] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Remote Privilege Escalation via Crafted Applications - CVE-2015-2503, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/12/2015 12:08
Updated: 06/27/2022 11:05
Changes: 11/12/2015 12:08 (69), 04/13/2018 08:51 (11), 06/27/2022 11:05 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:EDA:103

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