⚠ Actively exploited
Added to CISA KEV on 2022-03-28. Federal agencies required to patch by 2022-04-18. Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions..

CVE-2015-1770 — Access of Uninitialized Pointer in Microsoft Office

CWE-824 — Access of Uninitialized PointerCWE-1910 documents8 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
78.2%
top 0.98%
CISA KEV
KEV
Added 2022-03-28
Due 2022-04-18
Exploit
Exploited in wild
Active exploitation observed
Affected products
1
Microsoft Office
Timeline
PublishedJun 10
KEV addedMar 28
KEV dueApr 18
Latest updateMay 14
CISA Required Action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Description

Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability."

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages1 packages

Patches

Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗Patch: docs.microsoft.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-63xg-2ggr-xj5w: Microsoft Office 2013 SP1 and 2013 RT SP1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Unini↗2022-05-14
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VulnCheck
Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability↗2015
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
CISA
Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability↗2022-03-28
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🕵️Threat Intelligence

6
Unit42
RTF Exploit Installs Italian RAT: uWarrior↗2015-08-24
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Unit42
RTF Exploit Installs Italian RAT: uWarrior↗2015-08-24
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Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - June 2015↗2015-06-09
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Talos
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - June 2015↗2015-06-09
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Crowdstrike
Arrests Put New Focus on CARBON SPIDER Adversary Group↗
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