MS07-025: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (934873)

high Nessus Plugin ID 25164

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Office.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Office that is subject to various flaws that could allow arbitrary code to be run.

An attacker may use this to execute arbitrary code on this host.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have it open it with Microsoft Office.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2000, XP, 2003 and 2007.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2007/ms07-025

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 25164

File Name: smb_nt_ms07-025.nasl

Version: 1.35

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 5/8/2007

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: 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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:sharepoint_designer, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer, cpe:/a:microsoft:frontpage, cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack, cpe:/a:microsoft:publisher

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/8/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/8/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-1747

BID: 23826

CWE: 399

CERT: 853184

MSFT: MS07-025

MSKB: 934062, 934180, 934526, 934705