MS14-017: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2949660)

high Nessus Plugin ID 73413

Synopsis

The remote host is affected by multiple memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Windows host has a version of Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Office Compatibility Pack, Microsoft Word Viewer, SharePoint Server, or Microsoft Office Web Apps that is affected by one or more unspecified memory corruption vulnerabilities. By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file, it may be possible for a remote attacker to take complete control of the system or execute arbitrary code.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013, Office Compatibility Pack, Microsoft Word Viewer, SharePoint Server, and Office Web Apps.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2014/ms14-017

https://securitytracker.com/id?1029948

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 73413

File Name: smb_nt_ms14-017.nasl

Version: 1.17

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/8/2014

Updated: 2/16/2023

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-2014-1761

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:sharepoint_server, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack, cpe:/a:microsoft:word_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/8/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/24/2014

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 8/15/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (MS14-017 Microsoft Word RTF Object Confusion)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1757, CVE-2014-1758, CVE-2014-1761

BID: 66385, 66614, 66629

CERT: 882841

IAVA: 2014-A-0049-S

MSFT: MS14-017

MSKB: 2863907, 2863910, 2863919, 2863926, 2878219, 2878220, 2878221, 2878236, 2878237, 2878303, 2878304