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MS12-029 / MS12-030: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2680352 / 2663830) (Mac OS X)
high Nessus Plugin ID 59046
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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 Office that is affected by the following vulnerabilities :- A memory corruption vulnerability could be triggered when parsing specially crafted RTF-formatted data.
(CVE-2012-0183)
- Several memory corruption vulnerabilities could be triggered when reading a specially crafted Excel file.
(CVE-2012-0141 / CVE-2012-0142 / CVE-2012-0143 / CVE-2012-0184)
- A record parsing mismatch exists when opening a specially crafted Excel file. (CVE-2012-1847)
If a remote attacker can trick a user into opening a malicious file using the affected install, these vulnerabilities could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.
Solution
Microsoft has released patches for Office for Mac 2011 and Office 2008 for Mac.See Also
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-12-157/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Aug/279
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-029
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms12-030
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 59046
File Name: macosx_ms_office_may2012.nasl
Version: 1.21
Type: local
Agent: macosx
Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks
Published: 5/9/2012
Updated: 11/27/2023
Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Critical
Score: 9.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 9.3
Temporal Score: 8.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008::mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2011::mac
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2012
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2012
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2012-0141, CVE-2012-0142, CVE-2012-0143, CVE-2012-0183, CVE-2012-0184, CVE-2012-1847