MS03-050: Word and/or Excel may allow arbitrary code to run (831527)

high Nessus Plugin ID 11920

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Office.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Word and/or Microsoft Excel that are subject to a flaw that could allow arbitrary code to be run.

An attacker could use this to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue Word or Excel file to the owner of this computer and have him open it. Then the macros contained in the Word file would bypass the security model of Word, and would be executed.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 97, 2000 and 2002.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2003/ms03-050

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 11920

File Name: smb_nt_ms03-050.nasl

Version: 1.47

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/11/2003

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.6

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:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/11/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/11/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0820, CVE-2003-0821

BID: 8835, 9010

MSFT: MS03-050

MSKB: 830346, 830347, 830349, 830350, 830354, 830356