Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2017)

high Nessus Plugin ID 104557

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

- Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office that provides enhanced security as a defense-in-depth measure.

- 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-2017-11854)

- 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-2017-11882)

Solution

Microsoft has released security updates for Microsoft Office Products.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a238ff7

http://www.nessus.org/u?b3ad665b

http://www.nessus.org/u?ddf439cf

http://www.nessus.org/u?1df91bdd

http://www.nessus.org/u?5199de26

http://www.nessus.org/u?0f1b55d1

http://www.nessus.org/u?7c504489

http://www.nessus.org/u?df348bb4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104557

File Name: smb_nt_ms17_nov_office.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/14/2017

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11882

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11854

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Metasploit (Microsoft Office CVE-2017-11882)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11854, CVE-2017-11882

BID: 101746, 101757

IAVA: 2017-A-0337-S

MSFT: MS17-3162047, MS17-4011262, MS17-4011268, MS17-4011604, MS17-4011618

MSKB: 3162047, 4011262, 4011268, 4011604, 4011618