CVE-2012-0158
HIGHCVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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5Description
The (1) ListView, (2) ListView2, (3) TreeView, and (4) TreeView2 ActiveX controls in MSCOMCTL.OCX in the Common Controls in Microsoft Office 2003 SP3, 2007 SP2 and SP3, and 2010 Gold and SP1; Office 2003 Web Components SP3; SQL Server 2000 SP4, 2005 SP4, and 2008 SP2, SP3, and R2; BizTalk Server 2002 SP1; Commerce Server 2002 SP4, 2007 SP2, and 2009 Gold and R2; Visual FoxPro 8.0 SP1 and 9.0 SP2; and Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted (a) web site, (b) Office document, or (c) .rtf file that triggers "system state" corruption, as exploited in the wild in April 2012, aka "MSCOMCTL.OCX RCE Vulnerability."
Analysis
The MSCOMCTL.OCX ActiveX controls (ListView, TreeView) in Microsoft Office contain a code injection vulnerability that became one of the most widely exploited flaws in APT campaigns from 2012 to 2016.
Technical Context
The CWE-94 vulnerability is triggered when Office processes a document containing a crafted MSCOMCTL.OCX ActiveX control. The flaw in the control's data parsing allows an attacker to corrupt memory and redirect execution to shellcode. The exploit is embedded in DOC/DOCX/XLS/RTF files.
Affected Products
['Microsoft Office 2003 SP3', 'Microsoft Office 2007 SP2/SP3', 'Microsoft Office 2010 Gold/SP1', 'SQL Server 2000 SP4 through 2008 R2', 'Commerce Server 2002 SP4 through 2009 R2', 'BizTalk Server 2002 SP1']
Remediation
Apply Microsoft security update MS12-027. Enable EMET/Windows Defender Exploit Guard mitigations. Block documents with ActiveX controls at email gateways. Migrate to current Office versions with Protected View.
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