PT-2015-5764 · Microsoft · Office For Mac+2

Published 2015-08-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-2469

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 Office versions 2007 SP3 through 2010 SP2 Office for Mac version 2011

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Office software due to its failure to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker could exploit this by using a specially crafted file, allowing them to perform actions in the security context of the current user. This requires a user to open the specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office versions 2007 SP3 through 2010 SP2, update to a version that properly handles objects in memory to prevent exploitation. For Office for Mac version 2011, update to a version that properly handles objects in memory to prevent exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2015-2469

Affected Products

Office

Office Word

Office For Mac

References · 7

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/37910 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-2469 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-081 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2469 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-2469 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1033239 · Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/ms15-081 · Note