A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory, aka 'Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability'.

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 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. (CVE-2020-0759)

  - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook software when it improperly handles     the parsing of URI formats. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution.
    However, to successfully exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to use it in conjunction with     another vulnerability, such as a remote code execution vulnerability, to take advantage of the security     feature bypass vulnerability and run arbitrary code. (CVE-2020-0696)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office OLicenseHeartbeat task, where an     attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run this task as SYSTEM. (CVE-2020-0697)

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

  - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel 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.

The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability due to Microsoft Excel improperly handling objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker has to entice the logged on user to click a link or open a specially crafted file to gain control of the system with the privileges of the logged on user.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
162106	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (February 2020)	Nessus	Windows	high
162065	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (February 2020)	Nessus	Windows	high
133650	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2020) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
133616	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (February 2020)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2020-0759

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Tenable Plugins

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