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Security Update for Microsoft Office (Feb 2019) (macOS)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 122247

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability that allows remote attackers to bypass authentication to execute an arbitrary command through the protocol- compliant traffic.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office for Mac.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?02575771

http://www.nessus.org/u?1ef42b2d

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 122247

File Name: macos_ms19_feb_office.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 2/15/2019

Updated: 10/31/2019

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0669

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint, cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel, cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0669

BID: 106897