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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (August 2018)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 111696
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.Description
The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :
- 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-2018-8378)
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4022198
-KB3213636
-KB4032239
-KB4032233
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?3ef5803a
http://www.nessus.org/u?93f05eca
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 111696
File Name: smb_nt_ms18_aug_office.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 8/14/2018
Updated: 11/4/2019
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-2018-8378
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:office
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-8378