MS08-044: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Filters Could Allow Remote Code Execution (924090)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33873

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through the Microsoft Office filters.

Description

The remote host is running a version of some Microsoft Office filters that are subject to various flaws that could allow arbitrary code to be run.

An attacker may use these to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have it import it with Microsoft Office.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2000, XP and 2003.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2008/ms08-044

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33873

File Name: smb_nt_ms08-044.nasl

Version: 1.34

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/13/2008

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office_converter_pack, cpe:/a:microsoft:project, cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:works

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3018, CVE-2008-3019, CVE-2008-3020, CVE-2008-3021, CVE-2008-3460

BID: 30595, 30597, 30598, 30599, 30600

CWE: 399, 94

MSFT: MS08-044

MSKB: 924090