Information disclosure in Microsoft Office
| Risk | High |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2013-5054 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | This vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Microsoft Office Client/Desktop applications / Office applications |
| Vendor | Microsoft |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one high risk vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU4343
Risk: High
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-5054
CWE-ID:
CWE-200 - Information Exposure
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to an error in handling of a specially crafted response when opening a malicious Office file. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted file using, host it on remote website, trick the victim into opening it and gain access to tokens used to authenticate the current user on a targeted SharePoint or other Microsoft Office server site.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in information disclosure on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Install update from vendor's website:
Microsoft Office 2013 (32-bit editions):
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=4daa3de8-4c70-498c-82d6-fe8250278e5e
Microsoft Office 2013 (64-bit editions):
https://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=09f52670-bb42-425a-ac7b-1afddf82faea
Microsoft Office: 2013
CPE2.3 External links
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms13-104.aspx
Q & A
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