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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Viewer Products (November 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118926

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker 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. (CVE-2018-8577)

Solution

Microsoft has released KB4461519 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c487f473

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118926

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_nov_office_viewers.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/13/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, 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-2018-8577

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:excel_viewer

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8577

BID: 105834

MSFT: MS18-4461519

MSKB: 4461519