Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp Undefined String format string

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2000/2003/2004/Xp (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Undefined String Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a format string vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-134. The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2000, XP, 2003, and 2004 for Mac, and possibly other Office products, allows remote user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown attack vectors, as demonstrated by Exploit-MSExcel.h in targeted zero-day attacks.

The issue has been introduced in 06/07/1999. The weakness was shared 02/02/2007 with Microsoft as MS07-015 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at microsoft.com. The vendor was not involved in the coordination of the public release. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-0671 since 02/02/2007. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2797 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24328 (MS07-014 / MS07-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (929434 / 932554) (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 and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110053 (Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (MS07-015)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 5122.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32178) and Tenable (24328). eweek.com is providing further details. The entries 2884, 32690, 33851 and 33766 are related to this item.

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Class: Format string
CWE: CWE-134 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 24328
Nessus Name: MS07-014 / MS07-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (929434 / 932554) (Mac OS X)
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS07-015
Researcher: http://www.microsoft.com
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-0671 (🔍)
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X-Force: 32178 - Microsoft Office Excel malformed record code execution, High Risk
SecurityTracker: 1017584
Vulnerability Center: 14188 - [MS07-015] Microsoft Office Unspecified Format String Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 22383 - Microsoft Office Malformed String Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Secunia: 24008 - Microsoft Office Two Code Execution Vulnerabilities, Extremely Critical
OSVDB: 31901 - Microsoft Office Unspecified String Handling Arbitrary Code Execution
Vupen: ADV-2007-0463

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Created: 02/05/2007 08:12
Updated: 07/14/2019 11:05
Changes: 02/05/2007 08:12 (109), 07/14/2019 11:05 (1)
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