Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 up to 14.3.1 on Mac HTML5 Mail Message Parser File information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 up to 14.3.1 on Mac. It has been classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component HTML5 Mail Message Parser. Performing a manipulation as part of File results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2013-0095. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 up to 14.3.1 on Mac (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown code block of the component HTML5 Mail Message Parser. The manipulation as part of a File leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Outlook in Microsoft Office for Mac 2008 before 12.3.6 and Office for Mac 2011 before 14.3.2 allows remote attackers to trigger access to a remote URL and consequently confirm the rendering of an HTML e-mail message by including unspecified HTML5 elements and leveraging the installation of a WebKit browser on the victim s machine, aka "Unintended Content Loading Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 03/12/2013 by Nick Semenkovich as MS13-026 as confirmed bulletin (Microsoft Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The public release was coordinated with Microsoft. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0095 since 11/27/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 65217 (MS13-026: Vulnerability in Office Outlook for Mac Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813682) (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 110205 (Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac Information Disclosure (MS13-026)).

Upgrading to version 14.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at technet.microsoft.com. Applying the patch MS13-026 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (65217), SecurityFocus (BID 58333†), OSVDB (91154†), Secunia (SA52559†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1028281†). Further details are available at scmagazine.com. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7954, VDB-7955, VDB-7956 and VDB-7957. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 65217
Nessus Name: MS13-026: Vulnerability in Office Outlook for Mac Could Allow Information Disclosure (2813682) (Mac OS X)
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OpenVAS ID: 903201
OpenVAS Name: MS Office Outlook Information Disclosure Vulnerability - 2813682 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Office for Mac 2011 14.3.2
Patch: MS13-026

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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS13-026
Researcher: Nick Semenkovich
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2013-0095 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0095
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-7971

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SecurityFocus: 58333 - Microsoft Outlook CVE-2013-0095 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 52559 - Microsoft Office Outlook for Mac Content Loading Information Disclosure Weakness, Not Critical
OSVDB: 91154
SecurityTracker: 1028281 - Microsoft Office for Mac HTML Loading Bug Lets Remote Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 38746 - [MS13-026] Microsoft Office Outlook For Mac Allows Remote Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2013 10:04
Updated: 12/28/2024 22:13
Changes: 03/14/2013 10:04 (88), 04/25/2017 22:56 (5), 05/06/2021 09:52 (3), 12/28/2024 22:13 (17)
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