MS13-044: Vulnerability in Microsoft Visio Could Allow Information Disclosure (2834692)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66419

Synopsis

The remote Visio install is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The remote host contains a version of Microsoft Visio that is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability due to a flaw in the way Visio parses specially crafted XML files containing external entities.

By tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file with Visio, a remote attacker may be able to read files on the target system.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Visio 2010 SP1, Microsoft Visio 2007 SP3, and Microsoft Visio 2003 SP3.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2013/ms13-044

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66419

File Name: smb_nt_ms13-044.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/15/2013

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1301

BID: 59765

MSFT: MS13-044

MSKB: 2596595, 2810062, 2810068