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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (June 2018)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 110492

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.
It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Excel improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the users computer or data. (CVE-2018-8246)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4022191
 -KB4022209
 -KB4022174

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?0b7ec5ad

http://www.nessus.org/u?4de92d3e

http://www.nessus.org/u?d92f490a

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 110492

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_jun_excel.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/12/2018

Updated: 11/4/2019

Supported Sensors: 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-2018-8246

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:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/12/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8246

MSFT: MS18-4022174, MS18-4022191, MS18-4022209

MSKB: 4022174, 4022191, 4022209