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Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2848295)

🗓️ 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AGType 
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This script checks for a Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2848295) which affects Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2, and Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1. The vulnerability allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the logged-on user by exploiting an error in processing TrueType fonts, leading to a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file. The vendor has released updates

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902980");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2013-3129");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/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:"2013-07-10 11:19:43 +0530 (Wed, 10 Jul 2013)");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2848295)");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2817480");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60978");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687309");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2687276");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1028750");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-054");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2013 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
  script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Ver");
  script_require_ports(139, 445);

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code as
  the logged-on user.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Office 2003 Service Pack 3

  - Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 2

  - Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 1");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error when processing TrueType fonts and can be
  exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.");

  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 a critical security update according to
  Microsoft Bulletin MS13-054.");

  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");

officeVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/Ver");

## MS Office 2003/2007/2010
if(!officeVer || officeVer !~ "^1[124]\."){
  exit(0);
}

path = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion", item:"CommonFilesDir");
if(path)
{
  foreach ver (make_list("OFFICE12", "OFFICE14"))
  {
    offPath = path + "\Microsoft Shared\" + ver;
    dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:offPath, file_name:"Ogl.dll");

    if(dllVer &&
       (version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"14.0", test_version2:"14.0.7102.4999") ||
        version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"12.0", test_version2:"12.0.6679.4999")))
    {
      security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
      exit(0);
    }
  }
}

# Office 2003
path = registry_get_sz(key:"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion",
                            item:"ProgramFilesDir");
if(!path){
  exit(0);
}

msPath = path  +  "\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11";
dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:msPath, file_name:"Gdiplus.dll");
if(dllVer)
{
  if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"11.0", test_version2:"11.0.8403"))
  {
    security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
    exit(0);
  }
}

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