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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (Nov 2023) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 185555

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Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the november-14-2023 advisory.

 - Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36037)

 - Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36041)

 - Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36045)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update to Office for Mac version 16.79 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5beb4985

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 185555

File Name: macos_ms23_nov_office.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 11/14/2023

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36045

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36037, CVE-2023-36041, CVE-2023-36045

IAVA: 2023-A-0620-S, 2023-A-0623-S