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MS10-031: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications Could Allow Remote Code Execution (978213)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 46313
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Synopsis
Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Visual Basic for Applications.Description
A stack memory corruption vulnerability exists in the way that the installed version of Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) searches for ActiveX controls embedded in documents.If an attacker can trick a user on the affected system into opening a specially crafted document that supports VBA, this vulnerability could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges. This document could be of any type that supports VBA, such as a Word document, Excel spreadsheet, PowerPoint presentation, or one handled by a third-party application.
Note that if an affected copy of VBE6.DLL was installed by a third- party application, it may be necessary to contact that application's vendor for an update.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office as well as Visual Basic for Applications Runtime and SDK.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 46313
File Name: smb_nt_ms10-031.nasl
Version: 1.26
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 5/11/2010
Updated: 6/28/2022
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 8.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-0815
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_basic, cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/11/2010
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2010
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2010-0815
BID: 39931