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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (September 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 117458

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates.
They are, therefore, affected by a vulnerability :

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Windows font library improperly handles specially crafted embedded fonts. An attacker who successfully exploited this 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-2018-8332)

Solution

Microsoft has released a security update to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?9373baa3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 117458

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_sep_office.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/12/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

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-2018-8332

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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:office

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-2018-8332