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Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2652016)

🗓️ 14 Dec 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2652016) is a security issue allowing arbitrary code execution with kernel-mode privileges due to unsafe exposure of certain configuration options in Microsoft Pinyin (MSPY) Input Method Editor for Simplified Chinese. Updates are released. For more information, visit the provided references

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902496");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2011-2010");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-12-14 15:59:45 +0530 (Wed, 14 Dec 2011)");
  script_name("Microsoft Office IME (Chinese) Privilege Elevation Vulnerability (2652016)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2583956");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50950");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2647540");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2011/ms11-088");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("smb_reg_service_pack.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("SMB/WindowsVersion");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code
  with kernel-mode privileges.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Pinyin IME 2010

  - Microsoft Office Pinyin SimpleFast Style 2010 and

  - Microsoft Office Pinyin New Experience Style 2010");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to the Microsoft Pinyin (MSPY) Input Method Editor
  (IME) for Simplified Chinese unsafely exposing certain configuration
  options.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security update according to
  Microsoft Bulletin MS11-088.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}


include("smb_nt.inc");
include("secpod_reg.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");

if(!get_kb_item("SMB/WindowsVersion")){
  exit(0);
}

key = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\";
if(!registry_key_exists(key:key)){
  exit(0);
}

entries = registry_enum_keys(key:key);
if(entries == NULL){
  exit(0);
}

foreach item (entries)
{
  imeName = registry_get_sz(key:key + item, item:"DisplayName");
  if(egrep(pattern:"Microsoft Office IME .*Chinese", string:imeName))
  {
    path = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion",
                           item:"CommonFilesDir");
    if(path)
    {
      imePath = path + "\Microsoft Shared\IME14\IMETC";
      dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:imePath, file_name:"Imtctip.dll");
      if(dllVer)
      {
        if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"14.0", test_version2:"14.0.6019.999"))
        {
          report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, vulnerable_range:"14.0 - 14.0.6019.999", install_path:imePath);
          security_message(port: 0, data: report);
          exit(0);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

## Microsoft Office Pinyin New Experience Style 2010
foreach item (entries)
{
  MSOffName = registry_get_sz(key:key + item, item:"DisplayName");
  if(egrep(pattern:"Microsoft Office IMESS .*Chinese", string:MSOffName))
  {
    path = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion",
                           item:"CommonFilesDir");
    if(path)
    {
      offPath = path + "\Microsoft Shared\IME14WR\IMESC";
      dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:offPath, file_name:"Imsctip.dll");
      if(dllVer)
      {
        if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"14.0", test_version2:"14.0.5810.999"))
        {
          report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:dllVer, vulnerable_range:"14.0 - 14.0.5810.999", install_path:offPath);
          security_message(port: 0, data: report);
          exit(0);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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