Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2015-1641
Published: January 27, 2017 / Updated: November 20, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5463
CSH Severity: Critical
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Red
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-1641
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
The vulnerability is being exploited in the wild
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Microsoft Office
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office Web Apps
Microsoft Office
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling rich text format files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted RTF document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-1641
Install update from vendor's website.