PT-2013-3077 · Microsoft · Office Publisher

Published 2013-05-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2013-1320

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Publisher version 2003 SP3

Description A buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file. This is a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in the way Microsoft Publisher parses Publisher files, potentially allowing an attacker to take complete control of an affected system. The attacker could then install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users operating with administrative user rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Publisher version 2003 SP3, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1320

Affected Products

Office Publisher

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1320 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2013/ms13-042 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1320 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-1320 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16776 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-042 · Note
• http://us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-134A · Note