CVE-2019-0561High

Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
January 8, 2019
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2019-0561 →

📋 Description

An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Word macro buttons are used improperly. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read arbitrary files from a targeted system. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the file location whose data they wish to exfiltrate. The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain Word functions handle security warnings

🎯 Affected products17

  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2010 Service Pack 2
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 32-bit Systems
  • Office 365 ProPlus for 64-bit Systems
  • Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2

✅ Remediation

KB4461543 (Security Update) KBRelease Notes (Security Update) KB4461617 (Security Update) KB4461620 (Security Update) KB4461625 (Security Update) KB4461594 (Security Update) KBClick to Run (Security Update) KB4461612 (Security Update)

🔗 References (11)