Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-1320 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher 2003
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Buffer Overflow Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS13-042 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2013-05-14T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 2830397 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
| NASL family | Windows : Microsoft Bulletins |
| NASL id | SMB_NT_MS13-042.NASL |
| description | The Publisher component of Microsoft Office installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - The application has a negative value allocation vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1316) - The application has an integer overflow vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1317) - The application has a corrupt interface pointer vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1318) - The application has a return value handling vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1319) - The application has a buffer overflow vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1320) - The application has a return value validation vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1321) - The application has an invalid range check vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1322) - The application has an incorrect NULL value handling vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1323) - The application has a signed integer vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1327) - The application has a pointer handling vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1328) - The application has a buffer underflow vulnerability. (CVE-2013-1329) A remote attacker could exploit these by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Publisher file, resulting in remote code execution. |
| last seen | 2020-06-01 |
| modified | 2020-06-02 |
| plugin id | 66417 |
| published | 2013-05-15 |
| reporter | This script is Copyright (C) 2013-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. |
| source | https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/66417 |
| title | MS13-042: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2830397) |
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Oval
| accepted | 2014-08-18T04:01:47.824-04:00 | ||||||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||||||
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| description | Buffer overflow in Microsoft Publisher 2003 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Publisher file, aka "Publisher Buffer Overflow Vulnerability." | ||||||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16776 | ||||||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||||||
| submitted | 2013-05-17T11:17:16 | ||||||||||||
| title | Buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher - MS13-042 | ||||||||||||
| version | 12 |