Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-1462 - Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in Microsoft Office, Office 365 Proplus and Powerpoint
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 7 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Nessus
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS19_DEC_OFFICE.NASL description The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the users computer or data. (CVE-2019-1464) - A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a remote denial of service against a system. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a specially crafted document be sent to a vulnerable user. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Word handles objects in memory. (CVE-2019-1461) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Access software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the users system. (CVE-2019-1400, CVE-2019-1463) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2019-1462) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131937 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131937 title Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 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(131937); script_version("1.7"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2020/01/30"); script_cve_id( "CVE-2019-1400", "CVE-2019-1461", "CVE-2019-1462", "CVE-2019-1463", "CVE-2019-1464" ); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484182"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484180"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484186"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484193"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484192"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4475598"); script_xref(name:"MSKB", value:"4484184"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484182"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484180"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484186"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484193"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484192"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4475598"); script_xref(name:"MSFT", value:"MS19-4484184"); script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 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 vulnerabilities : - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the users computer or data. (CVE-2019-1464) - A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could cause a remote denial of service against a system. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a specially crafted document be sent to a vulnerable user. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Word handles objects in memory. (CVE-2019-1461) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Access software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could obtain information to further compromise the users system. (CVE-2019-1400, CVE-2019-1463) - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2019-1462)"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484182/security-update-for-office-2016-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?a36df0be"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484180/security-update-for-office-2016-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?e333f874"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484186/security-update-for-office-2013-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?985277e6"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484193/security-update-for-office-2010-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6044cfc4"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484192/security-update-for-office-2010-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?d1d98b2f"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4475598/security-update-for-office-2010-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?77cf90ea"); # https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484184/security-update-for-office-2013-december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?085ed15a"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue: -KB4484182 -KB4484180 -KB4484186 -KB4484193 -KB4484192 -KB4475598 -KB4484184 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-2019-1462"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10"); 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_family(english:"Windows : Microsoft Bulletins"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); 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 = "MS19-12"; kbs = make_list( "4484193", # Office 2010 SP2 "4475598", # Office 2010 SP2 "4484192", # Office 2010 SP2 "4484186", # Office 2013 SP1 "4484184", # Office 2013 SP1 "4484180", # Office 2016 "4484182" # 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 = "4484193"; file = "acecore.dll"; version = "14.0.7243.5000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER) vuln = TRUE; # wwlibcxm.dll only exists if KB2428677 is installed path = hotfix_get_officeprogramfilesdir(officever:"14.0"); path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Office\Office14"); kb = "4475598"; file = "wwlibcxm.dll"; version = "14.0.7243.5000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER) vuln = TRUE; path = hotfix_get_officeprogramfilesdir(officever:"14.0"); path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Office\Office14"); kb = "4484192"; file = "graph.exe"; version = "14.0.7243.5000"; 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 = "4484186"; file = "acecore.dll"; version = "15.0.5197.1000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ) vuln = TRUE; path = hotfix_get_officeprogramfilesdir(officever:"15.0"); path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Office\Office15"); kb = "4484184"; file = "graph.exe"; version = "15.0.5197.1000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER ) vuln = TRUE; } } # Office 2016 / 2019 / C2R 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"; # MSI acecore.dll path = hotfix_get_officecommonfilesdir(officever:"16.0"); path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Shared\Office16"); kb = "4484180"; file = "acecore.dll"; version = "16.0.4939.1000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, channel:"MSI", channel_product:"Office", path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER) vuln = TRUE; # MSI graph.exe path = hotfix_get_officeprogramfilesdir(officever:"16.0"); path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:"Microsoft Office\Office16"); kb = "4484182"; file = "graph.exe"; version = "16.0.4939.1000"; if (hotfix_check_fversion(file:file, version:version, channel:"MSI", channel_product:"Office", path:path, kb:kb, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER) vuln = TRUE; path = hotfix_get_officeprogramfilesdir(officever:'16.0'); prod2019 = 'Microsoft Office 2019'; mso_dll_path = hotfix_append_path(path:path, value:'Microsoft Office\\root\\Office16'); c2r_path = mso_dll_path; if ( hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.10730.20426", channel:"Deferred", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER || hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.11328.20492", channel:"Deferred", channel_version:"1902", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER || hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.11929.20516", channel:"First Release for Deferred", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER || hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.12228.20364", channel:"Current", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod) == HCF_OLDER || # 2019 hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.12228.20364", channel:"2019 Retail", channel_product:"Office", path:c2r_path, bulletin:bulletin, product:prod2019) == HCF_OLDER || hotfix_check_fversion(file:"graph.exe", version:"16.0.10353.20037", 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"); }
NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOS_MS19_DEC_OFFICE.NASL description The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system by convining the user to open a specially crafted file to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-1462) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the userâs computer or data. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created. (CVE-2019-1464) last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131945 published 2019-12-11 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131945 title Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2019) (macOS) 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(131945); script_version("1.2"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/16"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-1462", "CVE-2019-1464"); script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2019) (macOS)"); script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Microsoft Office."); script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value: "An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value: "The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities: - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system by convining the user to open a specially crafted file to bypass authentication and execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-1462) - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user’s computer or data. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created. (CVE-2019-1464)"); # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac#december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?43109a74"); # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac#december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b3c86c7f"); # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-2016-mac#december-10-2019 script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f3b1a5ea"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value: "Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office for Mac."); 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-2019-1462"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/10/12"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/12/10"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/12/11"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:excel"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:word"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks"); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_dependencies("macosx_office_installed.nbin"); script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/Version"); script_require_ports("installed_sw/Microsoft Word", "installed_sw/Microsoft Excel", "installed_sw/Microsoft PowerPoint", "installed_sw/Microsoft OneNote", "installed_sw/Microsoft Outlook"); exit(0); } include('audit.inc'); include('global_settings.inc'); include('misc_func.inc'); include('install_func.inc'); include('vcf.inc'); os = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/MacOSX/Version'); apps = make_list( 'Microsoft Word', 'Microsoft Excel', 'Microsoft PowerPoint', 'Microsoft Outlook' ); report = ''; #2016 min_ver_16 = '16'; fix_ver_16 = '16.16.17'; fix_disp_16 = '16.16.17 (19120800)'; #2019 min_ver_19 = '16.17.0'; fix_ver_19 = '16.32'; fix_disp_19 = '16.32 (19120802)'; foreach app (apps) { installs = get_installs(app_name:app); if (isnull(installs[1])) continue; foreach install (installs[1]) { version = install['version']; if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:min_ver_19, fix:fix_ver_19, strict:FALSE) < 0) { app_label = app + ' for Mac 2019'; report += '\n\n Product : ' + app_label + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix_disp_19; } else if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:min_ver_16, fix:fix_ver_16, strict:FALSE) < 0) { app_label = app + ' for Mac 2016'; report += '\n\n Product : ' + app_label + '\n Installed version : ' + version + '\n Fixed version : ' + fix_disp_16; } } } if (empty(report)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected'); if (os =~ "^Mac OS X 10\.[0-9](\.|$)") report += '\n Note : Update will require Mac OS X 10.10.0 or later.\n'; security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_HOLE, port:0, extra:report);
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS19_DEC_POWERPOINT.NASL description The Microsoft PowerPoint Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability : - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft PowerPoint software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2019-1462) last seen 2020-04-18 modified 2019-12-10 plugin id 131938 published 2019-12-10 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131938 title Security Updates for Microsoft PowerPoint Products (December 2019)
The Hacker News
id | THN:592EF1422E531E5A7AD2804EA7E024CD |
last seen | 2019-12-11 |
modified | 2019-12-11 |
published | 2019-12-11 |
reporter | The Hacker News |
source | https://thehackernews.com/2019/12/windows-zero-day-patch.html |
title | Latest Microsoft Update Patches New Windows 0-Day Under Active Attack |