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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (March 2018)
high Nessus Plugin ID 108293
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :
- 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. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by enforcing macro settings on Excel documents.
(CVE-2018-0907)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4011675
-KB4011714
-KB4011727
-KB4018291
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 108293
File Name: smb_nt_ms18_mar_excel.nasl
Version: 1.8
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 3/13/2018
Updated: 12/11/2020
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0907
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:excel
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0907
BID: 103325