Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (May 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125071

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 remote code execution vulnerabilities due to the way Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited these vulnerabilities could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerabilities by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4464567
-KB4464551
-KB4464561

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?ee105574

http://www.nessus.org/u?aa92f9b7

http://www.nessus.org/u?6fe6436e

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

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125071

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_may_office.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/14/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2019-0947

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: 5/14/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0945, CVE-2019-0946, CVE-2019-0947

MSFT: MS19-4464551, MS19-4464561, MS19-4464567

MSKB: 4464551, 4464561, 4464567