Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2015-2379
Published: January 31, 2017 / Updated: March 10, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU5556
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-2015-2379
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Microsoft
Affected software:
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office for macOS
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 Microsoft Word files. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Word 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-2015-2379
Install update from vendor's website.