Microsoft Office 2007 Crash with Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In disabled and Application Verifier enabled

vendor:

Microsoft Office 2007

by:

Google Security Research

7,8

CVSS

HIGH

Crash

119

CWE

Product Name: Microsoft Office 2007

Affected Version From: Microsoft Office 2007

Affected Version To: Microsoft Office 2007

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: 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: Windows

2014

Microsoft Office 2007 Crash with Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In disabled and Application Verifier enabled

A crash was observed in Microsoft Office 2007 with Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In disabled and Application Verifier enabled. This bug did not reproduce in Office 2010 or 2013. The minimized crashing file shows two one bit deltas from the original file. The first delta at offset 0x1CF7E and the second is at offset 0x3A966. Both of these offset appear to be BIFFRecord lengths.

Mitigation:

Enabling Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In and disabling Application Verifier.

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

Source: https://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=464

The following crash was observed in Microsoft Office 2007 with Microsoft Office File Validation Add-In disabled and Application Verifier enabled for testing and reproduction. This bug did not reproduce in Office 2010 or 2013. 

Attached files:
Original File: 1105668828_orig.xls
Crashing File: 1105668828_crash.xls
Minimized Crashing File: 1105668828_min.xls

The minimized crashing file shows two one bit deltas from the original file. The first delta at offset 0x1CF7E and the second is at offset 0x3A966. Both of these offset appear to be BIFFRecord lengths.

File Versions:
Excel.exe: 12.0.6718.5000
MSO.dll: 12.0.6721.5000

Observed Crash:

eax=00000000 ebx=00000000 ecx=00000000 edx=0012e3bc esi=0ecd8ff0 edi=0000089e
eip=3035a5ed esp=0012e3b0 ebp=0012e410 iopl=0         nv up ei pl zr na pe nc
cs=001b  ss=0023  ds=0023  es=0023  fs=003b  gs=0000             efl=00010246

3035a5e4 0f8530270a00    jne     Excel!Ordinal40+0x3fcd1a (303fcd1a)
3035a5ea 8b7518          mov     esi,dword ptr [ebp+18h]
Excel!Ordinal40+0x35a5ed:
3035a5ed 8b0e            mov     ecx,dword ptr [esi]  ds:0023:0ecd8ff0=????????
 
0:000> kb
ChildEBP RetAddr  Args to Child              
WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong.
0012e410 3035ab4d 00134dc0 0000089e 00000028 Excel!Ordinal40+0x35a5ed
00130464 3035ab9e 00000028 0000000a ffffffff Excel!Ordinal40+0x35ab4d
00131ef0 3026f1cd 00000002 00000000 00000118 Excel!Ordinal40+0x35ab9e
00132514 3026d160 0000000a 00132560 00000118 Excel!Ordinal40+0x26f1cd
0013279c 30263a3d 0e1ecfb8 0000000a 00000000 Excel!Ordinal40+0x26d160
00132c98 302636a5 0e1ecfb8 00000004 00132d20 Excel!Ordinal40+0x263a3d
00132cac 3025869a 00000004 00132d20 00000000 Excel!Ordinal40+0x2636a5
00132d2c 30258553 00134dc0 0000001a 00132d58 Excel!Ordinal40+0x25869a
00132e7c 30258470 30edc060 0e17ac00 0ebb7fac Excel!Ordinal40+0x258553
00132e94 32c50135 30edc060 0e17ac00 00133190 Excel!Ordinal40+0x258470
00132f48 32c4fb6d 00133190 0e83ce38 00000001 mso!Ordinal6768+0x13e7
00132f98 32c4fd30 00133190 00132fec 00000001 mso!Ordinal6768+0xe1f
00132ff8 32c4fb6d 000001be 0e83ce38 00000001 mso!Ordinal6768+0xfe2
00133048 32c4f756 00133190 001330cc 00000000 mso!Ordinal6768+0xe1f
00133108 32c4f0e2 00133190 30eba978 0e74ed90 mso!Ordinal6768+0xa08
0013313c 302583f2 0e74ed90 00133190 0e83ce38 mso!Ordinal6768+0x394
001331c8 302582df 0cc88fd8 00134dc0 00002020 Excel!Ordinal40+0x2583f2
00133f44 301153f9 0cc88fd8 00134b88 00000102 Excel!Ordinal40+0x2582df

We can see that esi is holding a pointer to invalid memory. This is a heap address.

0:000> !heap -p -a 0xecd8ff0
    address 0ecd8ff0 found in
    _DPH_HEAP_ROOT @ 1161000
    in free-ed allocation (  DPH_HEAP_BLOCK:         VirtAddr         VirtSize)
                                    eb04f40:          ecd8000             2000
    7c83e330 ntdll!RtlFreeHeap+0x0000011a
    018b1611 vfbasics!AVrfpRtlFreeHeap+0x000000a8
    331039d5 mso!Ordinal1743+0x00002d4d
    329c91d1 mso!MsoFreePv+0x0000003f
    3025ac56 Excel!Ordinal40+0x0025ac56
    3026f1cd Excel!Ordinal40+0x0026f1cd
    3026d160 Excel!Ordinal40+0x0026d160
    30263a3d Excel!Ordinal40+0x00263a3d
    302636a5 Excel!Ordinal40+0x002636a5
    3025869a Excel!Ordinal40+0x0025869a
    30258553 Excel!Ordinal40+0x00258553
    30258470 Excel!Ordinal40+0x00258470
    32c50135 mso!Ordinal6768+0x000013e7
    32c4fb6d mso!Ordinal6768+0x00000e1f


Esi is a free-ed allocation. This is a use after free vulnerability.

Proof of Concept:
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/38215.zip