Vulnerability CVE-2015-2423
Published: 2015-08-14   Modified: 2015-08-15

Description:
Microsoft Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1, Windows 7 SP1, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2, Windows RT Gold and 8.1, Windows 10, Excel 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Visio 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, and Internet Explorer 7 through 11 allow remote attackers to gain privileges and obtain sensitive information via a crafted command-line parameter to an Office application or Notepad, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Unsafe Command Line Parameter Passing Vulnerability."

Type:

CWE-200

 (Information Exposure)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Microsoft -> Excel 
Microsoft -> Internet explorer 
Microsoft -> Office 
Microsoft -> Powerpoint 
Microsoft -> Visio 
Microsoft -> WORD 
Microsoft -> Windows 10 
Microsoft -> Windows 7 
Microsoft -> Windows 8 
Microsoft -> Windows 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 
Microsoft -> Windows rt 8.1 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2008 
Microsoft -> Windows server 2012 
Microsoft -> Windows vista 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033237
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033239
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033248
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-079
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-081
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-088
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