Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (October 2017)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103784

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates.
It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office that provides enhanced security as a defense-in-depth measure.

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user. (CVE-2017-11825)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2017-11826)

Solution

Microsoft has released security updates for Microsoft Office Products.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?a8a017c7

http://www.nessus.org/u?6c08bcd5

http://www.nessus.org/u?c4720201

http://www.nessus.org/u?e43bd8f6

http://www.nessus.org/u?3fd7628b

http://www.nessus.org/u?3c605abc

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/mt465751

http://www.nessus.org/u?544bebd5

http://www.nessus.org/u?005e6964

http://www.nessus.org/u?5d96e89f

http://www.nessus.org/u?4e757244

http://www.nessus.org/u?5e7317f0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103784

File Name: smb_nt_ms17_oct_office.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 10/11/2017

Updated: 2/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11826

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2017

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 3/24/2022

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11825, CVE-2017-11826

BID: 101124, 101219

IAVA: 2017-A-0291-S

MSFT: MS17-2553338, MS17-2837599, MS17-2920723, MS17-3172524, MS17-3172531, MS17-3213627, MS17-32136304, MS17-3213648, MS17-4011185, MS17-4011222, MS17-4011232

MSKB: 2553338, 2837599, 2920723, 3172524, 3172531, 3213627, 3213630, 3213648, 4011185, 4011222, 4011232