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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (September 2018)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 117421

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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 access information previously deleted from the active worksheet. (CVE-2018-8429)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4092460
 -KB4227175
 -KB4092479

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?320efba0

http://www.nessus.org/u?79f3157b

http://www.nessus.org/u?fc33855f

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 117421

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_sep_excel.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/11/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2018-8429

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: 9/11/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/11/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8429

BID: 105219

MSFT: MS18-4092460, MS18-4092479, MS18-4227175

MSKB: 4092460, 4092479, 4227175