MS11-091: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2607702)

high Nessus Plugin ID 57277

Synopsis

The version of Microsoft Office installed on the remote host has multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Publisher component of Microsoft Office installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- The application could allow overwriting function pointers in memory. (CVE-2011-1508)

- The application could allow indexing an out-of-bounds array in memory. (CVE-2011-3410)

- The application has an invalid pointer vulnerability.
(CVE-2011-3411)

- The application has a memory corruption vulnerability.
(CVE-2011-3412)

A remote attacker could exploit these by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Publisher file, resulting in remote code execution.

Solution

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

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2011/ms11-091

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 57277

File Name: smb_nt_ms11-091.nasl

Version: 1.19

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 12/13/2011

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/13/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/12/2011

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1508, CVE-2011-3410, CVE-2011-3411, CVE-2011-3412

BID: 50090, 50943, 50949, 50955

CERT: 361441

MSFT: MS11-091

MSKB: 2553084, 2596705