PT-2014-7187 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+1

Published 2014-12-09 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2014-6361

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel versions 2007 SP3 through 2013 SP1 Office Compatibility Pack (affected versions not specified)

Description A remote code execution issue exists due to improper handling of objects in memory while parsing specially crafted Office files, potentially corrupting system memory and allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code. If successfully exploited, an attacker could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user, potentially taking complete control of the affected system if the user has administrative rights.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel versions 2007 SP3 through 2013 SP1, update to a version that properly handles objects in memory to prevent arbitrary code execution. For Office Compatibility Pack, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-6361

Affected Products

Office Excel

Office Compatibility Pack

References · 5

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2014/ms14-083 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6361 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-6361 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms14-083 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-6361 · Note