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MS07-060: Vulnerability in Microsoft Word Could Allow Remote Code Execution (942695) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50054

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Word file, these issues could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Office 2004 for Mac.

See Also

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms07-060

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50054

File Name: macosx_ms07-060.nasl

Version: 1.24

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/20/2010

Updated: 7/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2007-3899

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/9/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/9/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3899

BID: 25906

CWE: 94

MSFT: MS07-060

MSKB: 942695