MS08-026: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (951207) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50057

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Office that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Word file, these issues could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2004 for Mac and Office 2008 for Mac.

See Also

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms08-026

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50057

File Name: macosx_ms08-026.nasl

Version: 1.22

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/20/2010

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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 Score Source: CVE-2008-1434

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008::mac

Required KB Items: Host/uname, Host/MacOSX/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-1091, CVE-2008-1434

BID: 29104, 29105

CWE: 399

MSFT: MS08-026

MSKB: 951207, 952331, 952332