Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2015-2376
Published: January 31, 2017 / Updated: March 10, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5554
CSH Severity: High
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:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-2376
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Excel Viewer
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Excel Viewer
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Office
Microsoft SharePoint Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when processing Excel files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Excel file, trick the victim into opening it, cause memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-2376
Install update from vendor's website.