Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0021. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013 (Office Suite Software). Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. 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. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft InfoPath 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, and 2013 SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

The weakness was disclosed 03/08/2016 with NCC Group as MS16-029 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0021 since 12/03/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89752 (MS16-029: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3141806)), 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 110266 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-029)).

Applying the patch MS16-029 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 23903.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (89752), SecurityFocus (BID 84024†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-57079†). zdnet.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-81265, VDB-81266, VDB-81267 and VDB-81268 are pretty similar. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 89752
Nessus Name: MS16-029: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3141806)
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OpenVAS ID: 801677
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3141806)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-029
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0021 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0021
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-81272
SecurityFocus: 84024 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-0021 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1035207
Vulnerability Center: 57079 - [MS16-029] Microsoft InfoPath Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2016-0021, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/09/2016 11:08
Updated: 07/09/2022 19:49
Changes: 03/09/2016 11:08 (75), 09/01/2018 08:54 (15), 07/09/2022 19:49 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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