Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (April 2018)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 108976

Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability when Office renders Rich Text Format (RTF) email messages containing OLE objects when a message is opened or previewed. This vulnerability could potentially result in the disclosure of sensitive information to a malicious site.

The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Office processes OLE objects.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4018339
-KB4018355
-KB4018347
-KB4018359

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?e9236b3d

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca11752e

http://www.nessus.org/u?1213962f

http://www.nessus.org/u?124b2a7c

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 108976

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_apr_word.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/10/2018

Updated: 11/8/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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-2018-0950

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0950

MSFT: MS18-4018339, MS18-4018347, MS18-4018355, MS18-4018359

MSKB: 4018339, 4018347, 4018355, 4018359