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MS13-085: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2885080) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 70340

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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 Excel that is affected by two memory corruption vulnerabilities.

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

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Office for Mac 2011.

See Also

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms13-085

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 70340

File Name: macosx_ms13-085.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/9/2013

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2011::mac

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3889, CVE-2013-3890

BID: 62824, 62829

MSFT: MS13-085

MSKB: 2889496