Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (April 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 123952

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office fails to properly handle certain files.
(CVE-2019-0801)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system. (CVE-2019-0822)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.
(CVE-2019-0823, CVE-2019-0824, CVE-2019-0825, CVE-2019-0826, CVE-2019-0827)

- 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-2019-0828)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4462223
-KB4464504
-KB4462204
-KB4464520
-KB4462213
-KB4462242

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?995bbc4e

http://www.nessus.org/u?a9d4bc14

http://www.nessus.org/u?830a01b3

http://www.nessus.org/u?7cac2383

http://www.nessus.org/u?c6fc9b1b

http://www.nessus.org/u?42ab6861

http://www.nessus.org/u?7b126882

http://www.nessus.org/u?7fe161ed

http://www.nessus.org/u?522ed583

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123952

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_apr_office.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/9/2019

Updated: 6/10/2022

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-2019-0828

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:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/9/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0801, CVE-2019-0822, CVE-2019-0823, CVE-2019-0824, CVE-2019-0825, CVE-2019-0826, CVE-2019-0827, CVE-2019-0828

MSFT: MS19-4462204, MS19-4462213, MS19-4462223, MS19-4462242, MS19-4464504, MS19-4464520

MSKB: 4462204, 4462213, 4462223, 4462242, 4464504, 4464520