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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (May 2024) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 197040

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the may-14-2024 advisory.

 - Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-30042)

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

Solution

Update to Office for Mac version 16.85 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a217d40a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 197040

File Name: macos_ms24_may_office.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 5/15/2024

Updated: 6/14/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-30042

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: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/14/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-30042

IAVA: 2024-A-0284-S