Security Update for Microsoft Office (May 2017) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 100295

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

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 a failure to properly handle objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to open a specially crafted Office document or visit a specially crafted website, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Solution

Microsoft has released patches for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 100295

File Name: macosx_ms17_may_office.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 5/19/2017

Updated: 11/13/2019

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-2017-0265

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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:/a:microsoft:powerpoint, cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote, cpe:/a:microsoft:word_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:lync

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/9/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0254, CVE-2017-0264, CVE-2017-0265

BID: 98101, 98282, 98285

MSKB: 3212221

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