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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2018)
high Nessus Plugin ID 106805
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.Description
The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates.It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the Office 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-2018-0851)
- An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office software reads out of bound memory due to an uninitialized variable, which could disclose the contents of memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could view out of bound memory. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by properly initializing the affected variable. (CVE-2018-0853)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4011715
-KB4011707
-KB3114874
-KB4011690
-KB3172459
-KB4011686
-KB4011143
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?d7092ec1
http://www.nessus.org/u?25ea79c7
http://www.nessus.org/u?7216394c
http://www.nessus.org/u?eec18988
http://www.nessus.org/u?c68f10e8
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 106805
File Name: smb_nt_ms18_feb_office.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 2/13/2018
Updated: 12/11/2020
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
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-2018-0851
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.8
Temporal Score: 7.7
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:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0851, CVE-2018-0853