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Security Update for Microsoft Office (December 2017) (macOS)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 105177
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Synopsis
An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Office 2016 application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the user's computer or data. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker could craft a special document file and then convince the user to open it. An attacker must know the memory address location where the object was created.
The update addresses the vulnerability by changing the way certain functions handle objects in memory.
(CVE-2017-11934)
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 105177
File Name: macosx_ms17_dec_office.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 12/12/2017
Updated: 2/17/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 4.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11934
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2017-11934
BID: 102064
IAVA: 2017-A-0363-S