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Security Updates for Microsoft Office (August 2020) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 139601

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists when Microsoft Word improperly discloses the contents of its memory. An attacker who exploited the vulnerability could use the information to compromise the users computer or data. (CVE-2020-1503, CVE-2020-1583)

 - 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-2020-1495, CVE-2020-1498)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 139601

File Name: macos_ms20_aug_office.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/14/2020

Updated: 12/2/2024

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-2020-1498

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/12/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/12/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1495, CVE-2020-1498, CVE-2020-1503, CVE-2020-1583

IAVA: 2020-A-0359-S, 2020-A-0365-S