CVE-2015-1641

CVE-2015-1641 is a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in Microsoft Office. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. Microsoft has 390 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 117 of them linked to ransomware.

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word 2013 SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Word for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps Server 2010 SP2 and 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTF document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73995
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032104
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-033
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73995
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032104
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-033
• https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1641