CVE-2015-2503

Critical

Description

Microsoft Access 2007 SP3, Excel 2007 SP3, InfoPath 2007 SP3, OneNote 2007 SP3, PowerPoint 2007 SP3, Project 2007 SP3, Publisher 2007 SP3, Visio 2007 SP3, Word 2007 SP3, Office 2007 IME (Japanese) SP3, Access 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, InfoPath 2010 SP2, OneNote 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Project 2010 SP2, Publisher 2010 SP2, Visio 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Pinyin IME 2010, Access 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 SP1, InfoPath 2013 SP1, OneNote 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Project 2013 SP1, Publisher 2013 SP1, Visio 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, OneNote 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Access 2016, Excel 2016, OneNote 2016, PowerPoint 2016, Project 2016, Publisher 2016, Visio 2016, Word 2016, Skype for Business 2016, and Lync 2013 SP1 allow remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and gain privileges via a crafted web site that is accessed with Internet Explorer, as demonstrated by a transition from Low Integrity to Medium Integrity, aka "Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability."

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.3
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Access
PublishedNov 11, 2015
First seenNov 11, 2015

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft access2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft excel2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft infopath2007, 2010, 2013—
microsoft lync2013—
microsoft office_2007_imesp3—
microsoft onenote2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft pinyin_ime2010—
microsoft powerpoint2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft project2007, 2016—
microsoft project_server2010, 2013—
microsoft publisher2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft skype_for_business2016—
microsoft visio2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—
microsoft word2007, 2010, 2013, 2016—

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