Executive Summary



This Alert is flagged as TOP 25 Common Weakness Enumeration from CWE/SANS. For more information, you can read this.
Summary
Title Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2780642)
Informations
Name MS12-079 First vendor Publication 2012-12-11
Vendor Microsoft Last vendor Modification 2013-06-26
Severity (Vendor) Critical 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 (June 26, 2013): Added a link to Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2780642 under Known Issues in the Executive Summary.

Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted RTF file. An attacker who successfully exploited the 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/ms12-079

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write (CWE/SANS Top 25)

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16073
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16073
Title: Word RTF 'listoverridecount' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - MS12-079
Description: Microsoft Word 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 SP1; Word Viewer; Office Compatibility Pack SP2 and SP3; and Office Web Apps 2010 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via crafted RTF data, aka "Word RTF 'listoverridecount' Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."
Family: windows Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2012-2539
 Version: 13
Platform(s): Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP
 Product(s): Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack
Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010
Microsoft Office Word Viewer
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010
Microsoft Word 2003
Microsoft Word 2007
Microsoft Word 2010
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Application 1
Application 1
Application 1
Application 4

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-12-12 Name : Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2780642)
File : nvt/secpod_ms12-079.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-12-13 IAVM : 2012-A-0194 - Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0035492

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word rtf invalid listoverridecount value attempt
RuleID : 24975 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-OFFICE
2014-01-10 Microsoft Office Word rtf invalid listoverridecount value attempt
RuleID : 24974 - Revision : 12 - Type : FILE-OFFICE

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2012-12-11 Name : A Microsoft Office component installed on the remote host is affected by a re...
File : smb_nt_ms12-079.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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