Executive Summary

Summary
Title Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2639185)
Informations
Name MS12-028 First vendor Publication 2012-04-10
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2012-04-25
Severity (Vendor) Important Revision 1.1

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Revision Note: V1.1 (April 25, 2012): Added an entry to the update FAQ to explain why this update is offered to customers running Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3.

Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Works. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Works file. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain the same user rights as the current user. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.

Original Source

Url : http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-028

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15598
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:15598
Title: Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the Office Works File Converter in Microsoft Office 2007 SP2, Works 9, and Works 6-9 File Converter allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Works (aka .wps) file, aka "Office WPS Converter Heap Overflow Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-0177
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows XP
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
 Product(s): Microsoft Office 2007
Microsoft Works 9
Microsoft Works 6-9 Converter
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-04-11 Name : Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2639185)
File : nvt/secpod_ms12-028.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-04-12 IAVM : 2012-B-0041 - Microsoft Office Works File Convertor Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0031984

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2015-01-06 Microsoft Works 9 and Word 12 converter heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 32644 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2015-01-06 Microsoft Works 9 and Word 12 converter heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 32643 - Revision : 2 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Works 9 and Word 12 converter heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 21935 - Revision : 9 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Works 9 and Word 12 converter heap overflow attempt
RuleID : 21794 - Revision : 8 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-04-11 Name : The remote Windows host could allow arbitrary code execution.
File : smb_nt_ms12-028.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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2015-01-06 21:48:45
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2014-01-19 21:30:49
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2013-11-11 12:41:28
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2012-11-20 13:23:37
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