Detections
Analytics
MS03-037: Visual Basic for Application Overflow (822715)
high Nessus Plugin ID 11832
Synopsis
Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through VBA.Description
The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications that is vulnerable to a buffer overflow when handling malformed documents.An attacker may exploit this flaw to execute arbitrary code on this host by sending a malformed file to a user of the remote host.
Solution
Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office.See Also
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2003/ms03-037
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 11832
File Name: smb_nt_ms03-037.nasl
Version: 1.46
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 9/4/2003
Updated: 11/15/2018
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.5
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.6
Temporal Score: 6.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_basic_software_development_kit, cpe:/a:microsoft:visual_basic
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 9/3/2003
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/28/2003
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2003-0347
BID: 8534