Microsoft Office up to 2016 ASLR information disclosure

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Office up to 2016. The affected element is an unknown function of the component ASLR. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2016-0012. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office up to 2016 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component ASLR. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Office 2016, Excel 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Visio 2016, Word 2016, and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Office ASLR Bypass."

The bug was discovered 01/12/2016. The weakness was presented 01/12/2016 with IBM X-Force as MS16-004 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-0012 since 12/04/2015. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1592 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 87882 (MS16-004: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3124585)), 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 110263 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-004)).

Applying the patch MS16-004 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 22511.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (87882), SecurityFocus (BID 80031†), SecurityTracker (ID 1034651†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-55649†). See VDB-80206, VDB-80216, VDB-80217 and VDB-80231 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 87882
Nessus Name: MS16-004: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3124585)
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OpenVAS ID: 802074
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Multiple Vulnerabilities (3124585) (Mac OS X)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-004
Organization: IBM X-Force
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0012 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0012
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80218
SecurityFocus: 80031 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-0012 ASLR Security Bypass Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034651
Vulnerability Center: 55649 - [MS16-004] Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Visio and Visual Basic Remote Restrictions Bypass - CVE-2016-0012, Medium

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Created: 01/14/2016 10:43
Updated: 07/20/2019 10:37
Changes: 01/14/2016 10:43 (89), 07/20/2019 10:37 (6)
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