Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. The affected element is an unknown function. The manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2017-0029. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 RT SP1, and Word 2016 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

The bug was discovered 03/14/2017. The weakness was disclosed 03/14/2017 as MS17-014 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-0029 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 97739 (MS17-014: Security Update for Microsoft Office (4013241) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110296 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (MS17-014)).

Applying the patch MS17-014 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 (97739), SecurityFocus (BID 96045†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038010†). The entries VDB-98078, VDB-98079, VDB-98080 and VDB-98081 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Nessus ID: 97739
Nessus Name: MS17-014: Security Update for Microsoft Office (4013241) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 801595
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities-4013241 (Mac OS X)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS17-014
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-0029 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-0029
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-98082

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SecurityFocus: 96045 - Microsoft Office CVE-2017-0029 Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-0029 - MS17-014 - Microsoft - Office - Denial of Service Issue
SecurityTracker: 1038010

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2017 13:11
Updated: 12/24/2024 09:56
Changes: 03/15/2017 13:11 (78), 09/07/2020 17:40 (6), 12/24/2024 09:56 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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