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Security Update for Microsoft Office (October 2018) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 118309

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a target system. To exploit the vulnerability, a user would have to open a specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Graphics Components handle objects in memory.(CVE-2018-8432)

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office for Mac.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?2602191f

http://www.nessus.org/u?bd0f0cef

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 118309

File Name: macos_ms18_oct_office.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/22/2018

Updated: 11/1/2019

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-2018-8432

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel, cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint, cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook, cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-8432

BID: 105458