MS13-072: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2845537)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69832

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office component installed on the remote host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office Compatibility Pack, or Microsoft Word Viewer that is affected by the following remote code execution vulnerabilities :

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists due to the way the XML parser used by Word resolves external entities. (CVE-2013-3160)

- Remote code execution vulnerabilities exist due to memory corruption issues in the way that Microsoft Office parses files.
(CVE-2013-3847, CVE-2013-3848, CVE-2013-3849, CVE-2013-3850, CVE-2013-3851, CVE-2013-3852, CVE-2013-3853, CVE-2013-3854, CVE-2013-3855, CVE-2013-3856, CVE-2013-3857, CVE-2013-3858)

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted file, it may be possible to leverage these issues to read arbitrary files on the target system or execute arbitrary code, subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2003, 2007, 2010, Office Compatibility Pack, and Microsoft Word Viewer.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-072

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69832

File Name: smb_nt_ms13-072.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/11/2013

Updated: 2/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:word_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3160, CVE-2013-3847, CVE-2013-3848, CVE-2013-3849, CVE-2013-3850, CVE-2013-3851, CVE-2013-3852, CVE-2013-3853, CVE-2013-3854, CVE-2013-3855, CVE-2013-3856, CVE-2013-3857, CVE-2013-3858

BID: 62162, 62165, 62168, 62169, 62170, 62171, 62216, 62217, 62220, 62222, 62223, 62224, 62226

IAVA: 2013-A-0178-S

MSFT: MS13-072

MSKB: 2597973, 2760411, 2760769, 2760823, 2767773, 2767913, 2817474, 2817682, 2817683, 2845537