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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2020) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 142717

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a Security Bypass vulnerability.

Description

Microsoft Office on MacOS is affected by a Security Bypass vulnerability.

Solution

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

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?17ce16bb

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 142717

File Name: macos_office_11_11.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/11/2020

Updated: 11/24/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17067

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, cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version, installed_sw/Excel

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17067