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Security Update for Microsoft Office (January 2018) (macOS)
high Nessus Plugin ID 106189
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Synopsis
An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.Description
The Microsoft Office 2016 application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2018-0792)
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Outlook parses specially crafted email messages. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could take control of an affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. (CVE-2018-0793)
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2018-0794)
- A spoofing vulnerability exists when Microsoft Outlook for MAC does not properly handle the encoding and display of email addresses. This improper handling and display may cause antivirus or antispam scanning to not work as intended. (CVE-2018-0819)
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?68489292
http://www.nessus.org/u?54f02eaf
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 106189
File Name: macos_ms18_jan_office.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 1/19/2018
Updated: 8/29/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 6.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 1/18/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0792, CVE-2018-0793, CVE-2018-0794, CVE-2018-0819