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

medium Nessus Plugin ID 186806

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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 december-12-2023 advisory.

 - Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36009)

 - Microsoft Outlook for Mac Spoofing Vulnerability (CVE-2023-35619)

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 16.80 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a5ec2923

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 186806

File Name: macos_ms23_dec_office.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 12/12/2023

Updated: 1/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-35619

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36009

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35619, CVE-2023-36009

IAVA: 2023-A-0686-S