Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 12 Mar 2015 Release Date: 11 Mar 2015 3507 Views

RISK: High Risk

TYPE: Clients - Productivity Products

Microsoft Office Component Use After Free Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software that is caused when the Office software improperly handles objects in memory while parsing specially crafted Office files. This could corrupt system memory in such a way as to allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the Office software fails to properly handle rich text format files in memory.
Microsoft Word Local Zone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software that is caused when the Office software improperly handles objects in memory while parsing specially crafted Office files. This could corrupt system memory in such a way as to allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Multiple SharePoint XSS Vulnerabilities
Elevation of privilege vulnerabilities exist when SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server. An authenticated attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by sending a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server. The attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could then perform cross-site scripting attacks on affected systems and run script in the security context of the current user.These attacks could allow the attacker to read content that the attacker is not authorized to read, use the victim's identity to take actions on the SharePoint site on behalf of the victim, such as change permissions and delete content, and inject malicious content in the browser of the victim.