MS08-057: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (956416) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50059

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Excel that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

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

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2004 for Mac, Office 2008 for Mac, and Open XML File Format Converter for Mac.

See Also

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms08-057

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50059

File Name: macosx_ms08-057.nasl

Version: 1.22

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-2008-4019

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:open_xml_file_format_converter:::mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008::mac

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/packages, Host/uname

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/14/2008

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/14/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-3471, CVE-2008-4019

BID: 31705, 31706

CWE: 189

MSFT: MS08-057

MSKB: 956416, 958267, 958304, 958312