Microsoft Word Local Machine Zone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

vendor:

Microsoft Office 2007

by:

Eduardo Braun Prado

9.3

CVSS

HIGH

Remote Code Execution

CWE

Product Name: Microsoft Office 2007

Affected Version From: 2007

Affected Version To: 2007

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: CVE-2015-0097

CPE: a:microsoft:office:2007

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Microsoft Windows XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 8.1

2015

Microsoft Word Local Machine Zone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2007 contains a remote code execution vulnerability because it is possible to reference documents such as Works document (.wps) as HTML. It will process HTML and script code in the context of the local machine zone of Internet Explorer which leads to arbitrary code execution. By persuading users into opening eg. specially crafted .WPS, ".doc ", ".RTF " (with a space at the end) it is possible to triggerthe vulnerability and run arbitrary code in the context of the logged on Windows user.

Mitigation:

Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the update as soon as possible.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Exploit Title: Microsoft Word Local Machine Zone Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date: July 15th, 2015
Exploit Author: Eduardo Braun Prado
Vendor Homepage : http://www.microsoft.com
Version: 2007
Tested on: Microsoft Windows  XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7, 8, 8.1
CVE: 	CVE-2015-0097

Original Advisory: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-022

Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint 2007 contains a remote code execution vulnerability because it is possible 
to reference documents such as Works document (.wps) as HTML. It will process HTML and script code in the context 
of the local machine zone of Internet Explorer which leads to arbitrary code execution. 
By persuading users into opening eg. specially crafted .WPS, ".doc ", ".RTF " (with a space at the end) 
it is possible to triggerthe vulnerability and run arbitrary code in the context of the logged on Windows user.

Exploit code here :

https://onedrive.live.com/embed?cid=412A36B6D0A9436A&resid=412A36B6D0A9436A%21156&authkey=AA_JVoZcoM5kvOc
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/37657.zip