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MS13-073: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2858300) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 69839

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Excel that is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - Two memory corruption vulnerabilities exist due to the way the application handles objects in memory when parsing Office files. (CVE-2013-1315 / CVE-2013-3158)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists due to the way the application parses XML files containing external entities. (CVE-2013-3159)

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 read arbitrary files on the target system or 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/ms13-073

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 69839

File Name: macosx_ms13-073.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/11/2013

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: 9/10/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1315, CVE-2013-3158, CVE-2013-3159

BID: 62167, 62219, 62225

MSFT: MS13-073

MSKB: 2877813