Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-0945 - Data Processing Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Office and Office 365

047910
CVSS 9.3 - CRITICAL
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
network
microsoft
CWE-19
critical
nessus

Summary

A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'. This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2019-0946, CVE-2019-0947.

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • 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.
  • XML Nested Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By nesting XML data and causing this data to be continuously self-referential, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In most cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it may be possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.230.1].
  • XML Oversized Payloads
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. By supplying oversized payloads in input vectors that will be processed by the XML parser, an attacker can cause the XML parser to consume more resources while processing, causing excessive memory consumption and CPU utilization, and potentially cause execution of arbitrary code. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In many cases this type of an attack will result in a denial of service due to an application becoming unstable, freezing, or crash. However it is possible to cause a crash resulting in arbitrary code execution, leading to a jump from the data plane to the control plane [R.231.1].
  • XML Client-Side Attack
    Client applications such as web browsers that process HTML data often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. These adverse effects may include the parser crashing, consuming too much of a resource, executing too slowly, executing code supplied by an attacker, allowing usage of unintended system functionality, etc. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In some cases it may be possible to jump from the data plane to the control plane via bad data being passed to an XML parser. [R.484.1]
  • XML Parser Attack
    Applications often need to transform data in and out of the XML format by using an XML parser. It may be possible for an attacker to inject data that may have an adverse effect on the XML parser when it is being processed. These adverse effects may include the parser crashing, consuming too much of a resource, executing too slowly, executing code supplied by an attacker, allowing usage of unintended system functionality, etc. An attacker's goal is to leverage parser failure to his or her advantage. In some cases it may be possible to jump from the data plane to the control plane via bad data being passed to an XML parser. [R.99.1]

Nessus

NASL familyWindows : Microsoft Bulletins
NASL idSMB_NT_MS19_MAY_OFFICE.NASL
descriptionThe Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities due to the way Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.
last seen2020-06-01
modified2020-06-02
plugin id125071
published2019-05-14
reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/125071
titleSecurity Updates for Microsoft Office Products (May 2019)
code
#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were  
# extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
#
include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(125071);
  script_version("1.9");
  script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/30");

  script_cve_id(
    "CVE-2019-0945",
    "CVE-2019-0946",
    "CVE-2019-0947"
  );
  script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4464567");
  script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4464551");
  script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4464561");
  script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4464567");
  script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4464551");
  script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4464561");

  script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (May 2019)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution
vulnerabilities due to the way Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An
attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker
could exploit these vulnerabilities by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the
vulnerabilities by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.");
  # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464567/description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2010-may-14-2019
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?ee105574");
  # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464551/description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2016-may-14-2019
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?aa92f9b7");
  # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4464561/description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2013-may-14-2019
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6fe6436e");
  # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office365-proplus-by-date
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?c6fc9b1b");
  # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-2019
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?42ab6861");
  # https://support.office.com/en-us/article/install-office-updates-2ab296f3-7f03-43a2-8e50-46de917611c5
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?7b126882");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:  
  -KB4464567
  -KB4464551
  -KB4464561

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic
updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an
update.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2019-0947");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/14");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
  script_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");

  script_dependencies("office_installed.nasl","smb_hotfixes.nasl","ms_bulletin_checks_possible.nasl");
  script_require_keys("SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible");
  script_require_ports(139, 445, "Host/patch_management_checks");

  exit(0);
}

include('audit.inc');
include('smb_func.inc');
include('smb_hotfixes.inc');
include('smb_hotfixes_fcheck.inc');
include('smb_reg_query.inc');
include('misc_func.inc');
include('install_func.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible');

bulletin = 'MS19-05';
kbs = make_list(
  '4464567', # Office 2010 SP2
  '4464561', # Office 2013 SP1
  '4464551'  # Office 2016
);

if (get_kb_item('Host/patch_management_checks')) hotfix_check_3rd_party(bulletin:bulletin, kbs:kbs, severity:SECURITY_HOLE);

get_kb_item_or_exit('SMB/Registry/Enumerated', exit_code:1);

vuln = FALSE;
port = kb_smb_transport();

office_vers = hotfix_check_office_version();

# Office 2010 SP2
if (office_vers['14.0'])
{
  office_sp = get_kb_item('SMB/Office/2010/SP');
  if (!isnull(office_sp) && office_sp == 2)
  {
    prod = 'Microsoft Office 2010 SP2';

    path = hotfix_get_officecommonfilesdir(officever:'14.0');
    path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:'Microsoft Shared\\Office14');
    kb = '4464567';
    file = "aceexcl.dll";
    version = "14.0.7233.5000";
    if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER)
      vuln = TRUE;
  }
}

# Office 2013 SP1
if (office_vers['15.0'])
{
  office_sp = get_kb_item('SMB/Office/2013/SP');
  if (!isnull(office_sp) && office_sp == 1)
  {
    prod = 'Microsoft Office 2013 SP1';

    path = hotfix_get_officecommonfilesdir(officever:'15.0');
    path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:'Microsoft Shared\\Office15');
    kb = '4464561';
    file = "aceexcl.dll";
    version = "15.0.5137.1000";
    if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER )
      vuln = TRUE;
  }
}

# Office 2016
if (office_vers["16.0"])
{
  office_sp = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/2016/SP");
  if (!isnull(office_sp) && office_sp == 0)
  {
    prod = "Microsoft Office 2016";
    prod2019 = "Microsoft Office 2019";

    path = hotfix_get_officecommonfilesdir(officever:"16.0");
    mso_dll_path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Shared\Office16");

    c2r_path = mso_dll_path;

    # MSI acecore.dll
    if (
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"aceexcl.dll", version:"16.0.4849.1000", channel:"MSI", channel_product:"Office", path:mso_dll_path, kb:"4464551", bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ||
      # C2R
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.9126.2387", channel:"Deferred", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ||
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.10730.20344", channel:"Deferred", channel_version:"1808", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ||
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.11328.20286", channel:"First Release for Deferred", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ||
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.11601.20204", channel:"Current", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ||
      # 2019
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.11601.20204", channel:"2019 Retail", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod2019) == HCF_OLDER ||
      hotfix_check_fversion(file:"mso.dll", version:"16.0.10344.20008", channel:"2019 Volume", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod2019) == HCF_OLDER
    )
    vuln = TRUE;
  }
}

if (vuln)
{
  replace_kb_item(name:'SMB/Missing/'+bulletin, value:TRUE);
  hotfix_security_hole();
  hotfix_check_fversion_end();
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  hotfix_check_fversion_end();
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}