CVE-2015-1770 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Office
Published on June 10, 2015
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."
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Office Uninitialized Memory Use Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Office allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by April 18, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2015-1770 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
Weakness Type
Access of Uninitialized Pointer
The program accesses or uses a pointer that has not been initialized.
Products Associated with CVE-2015-1770
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Exploit Probability
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