Advisory Details

July 14th, 2015

Microsoft Office Excel Chart Object Use-After-Free Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-15-327
ZDI-CAN-2897

CVE ID CVE-2015-2377
CVSS SCORE 5.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Office Excel
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['19799']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to read freed memory on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Excel. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within processing of chart objects. A specially crafted chart object can cause Excel to load information from memory that has already been freed. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose information under the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS15-070
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2015-04-23 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2015-07-14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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