Security Updates for Microsoft Office Viewer Products (January 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121025

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user. (CVE-2019-0585)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (CVE-2019-0541)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4461635
-KB4462112
-KB2596760

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b794a801

http://www.nessus.org/u?cff48609

http://www.nessus.org/u?75ef963a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121025

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_office_viewers.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/8/2019

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0541, CVE-2019-0585

MSFT: MS19-2596760, MS19-4461635, MS19-4462112

MSKB: 2596760, 4461635, 4462112