Microsoft Office up to 2016 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-0055. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 02/09/2016 as MS16-015 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0055. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88647 (MS16-015: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3134226)), 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 110265 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-015)).

Applying the patch MS16-015 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 (88647), SecurityFocus (BID 82657†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56502†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-80867, VDB-80868, VDB-80869 and VDB-80870. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 88647
Nessus Name: MS16-015: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3134226)
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OpenVAS ID: 100868
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3134226)
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Patch: MS16-015

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-015
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0055 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0055
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80871
SecurityFocus: 82657
SecurityTracker: 1034976
Vulnerability Center: 56502 - [MS16-015] Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Office File - CVE-2016-0055, High

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Created: 02/10/2016 20:34
Updated: 07/07/2022 14:15
Changes: 02/10/2016 20:34 (44), 04/07/2017 12:34 (26), 07/07/2022 14:10 (3), 07/07/2022 14:11 (11), 07/07/2022 14:15 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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