CVE-2015-1770 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 28, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.78193.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Office

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::rt:::*

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75016
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032523
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-059
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1770

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

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References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1770

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

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References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2015-1770

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 18:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-28'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2015-06-10T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:56:00.777Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1770

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:15.652Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-06-10T01:59:36.483

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:15:41.023

Link: CVE-2015-1770

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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