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MS13-051: Vulnerability in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2839571)

high Nessus Plugin ID 66867

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Synopsis

The remote Office install has a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host has a version of Microsoft Office that contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that arises because certain Microsoft Office components for processing PNG files do not properly handle memory allocation.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Office file, this issue could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Office 2003.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-051

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 66867

File Name: smb_nt_ms13-051.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/11/2013

Updated: 6/8/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.7

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-2013-1331

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2003

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/11/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/11/2013

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 6/22/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1331

BID: 60408

MSFT: MS13-051

MSKB: 2817421