Vulnerabilities > CVE-2013-3158 - Improper Restriction of Operations Within the Bounds of A Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2003/2007
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
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| Application | 2 |
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 | MS13-073 |
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| date | 2013-09-10T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 2858300 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Important |
| title | Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution |
Nessus
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_MS13-073.NASL description The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Excel that is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Two memory corruption vulnerabilities exist due to the way the application handles objects in memory when parsing Office files. (CVE-2013-1315 / CVE-2013-3158) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the way the application parses XML files containing external entities. (CVE-2013-3159) If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel file, it may be possible to leverage these issues to read arbitrary files on the target system or execute arbitrary code, subject to the user last seen 2019-12-14 modified 2013-09-11 plugin id 69839 published 2013-09-11 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/69839 title MS13-073: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300) (Mac OS X) NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS13-073.NASL description The remote Windows host is running a version of Microsoft Excel that is affected by the following vulnerabilities : - Two memory corruption vulnerabilities exist due to the way the application handles objects in memory when parsing Office files. (CVE-2013-1315 / CVE-2013-3158) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the way the application parses XML files containing external entities. (CVE-2013-3159) If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel file, it may be possible to leverage these issues to read arbitrary files on the target system or execute arbitrary code, subject to the user last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 69833 published 2013-09-11 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/69833 title MS13-073: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300))
Oval
| accepted | 2013-10-28T04:00:50.936-04:00 | ||||||||
| class | vulnerability | ||||||||
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| description | Microsoft Excel 2003 SP3 and 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability." | ||||||||
| family | windows | ||||||||
| id | oval:org.mitre.oval:def:18984 | ||||||||
| status | accepted | ||||||||
| submitted | 2013-09-13T17:32:25 | ||||||||
| title | Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CVE-2013-3158) - MS13-073 | ||||||||
| version | 8 |