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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Viewer Products (November 2017)
high Nessus Plugin ID 104559
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.Description
The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates.It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :
- 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. (CVE-2017-11878)
- A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software by not enforcing macro settings on an Excel document. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. To successfully exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to embed a control in an Excel worksheet that specifies a macro should be run.
(CVE-2017-11877)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4011206
-KB4011264
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 104559
File Name: smb_nt_ms17_nov_office_viewers.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 11/14/2017
Updated: 6/3/2021
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-2017-11878
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:word_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-11877, CVE-2017-11878