Security Updates for Microsoft Access Products (July 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 110989

Synopsis

The Microsoft Access Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Access fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability 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. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
(CVE-2018-8312)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4018351
-KB4018338

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?af2dfe79

http://www.nessus.org/u?86c24ad7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110989

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_jul_access.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/10/2018

Updated: 4/24/2020

Supported Sensors: 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-2018-8312

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:access

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8312

BID: 104645

IAVA: 2018-A-0217-S

MSFT: MS18-4018338, MS18-4018351

MSKB: 4018338, 4018351