---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secunia is hiring! Find your next job here: http://secunia.com/company/jobs/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Microsoft Office Pinyin IME for Simplified Chinese Privilege Escalation SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA47062 VERIFY ADVISORY: Secunia.com http://secunia.com/advisories/47062/ Customer Area (Credentials Required) https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=47062 RELEASE DATE: 2011-12-13 DISCUSS ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/47062/#comments AVAILABLE ON SITE AND IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Last Update * Popularity * Comments * Criticality Level * Impact * Where * Solution Status * Operating System / Software * CVE Reference(s) http://secunia.com/advisories/47062/ ONLY AVAILABLE IN CUSTOMER AREA: * Authentication Level * Report Reliability * Secunia PoC * Secunia Analysis * Systems Affected * Approve Distribution * Remediation Status * Secunia CVSS Score * CVSS https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=47062 ONLY AVAILABLE WITH SECUNIA CSI AND SECUNIA PSI: * AUTOMATED SCANNING http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/personal/ http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/corporate/wsus_sccm_3rd_third_party_patching/ DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Office, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges. The vulnerability is caused due to the Microsoft Pinyin (MSPY) Input Method Editor (IME) for Simplified Chinese unsafely exposing certain configuration options, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code with kernel-mode privileges. NOTE: Microsoft Pinyin IME is installed by default with Office 2010 Chinese edition. It is an optional component for other language versions. SOLUTION: Apply patches. Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits Yang Yanbei. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: MS11-088 (KB2652016, KB2596511, KB2647540): http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-088 OTHER REFERENCES: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ DEEP LINKS: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED DESCRIPTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXTENDED SOLUTION: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ EXPLOIT: Further details available in Customer Area: http://secunia.com/vulnerability_intelligence/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------