Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (March 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 108293

Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.
It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability :

- A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software by not enforcing macro settings on an Excel document. The security feature bypass by itself does not allow arbitrary code execution. To successfully exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to embed a control in an Excel worksheet that specifies a macro should be run. To exploit the vulnerability, an attacker would have to convince a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. The security update addresses the vulnerability by enforcing macro settings on Excel documents.
(CVE-2018-0907)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4011675
-KB4011714
-KB4011727
-KB4018291

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?5bf879e0

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 108293

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_mar_excel.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/13/2018

Updated: 12/11/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0907

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:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0907

BID: 103325

IAVA: 2018-A-0077-S

MSFT: MS18-4011675, MS18-4011714, MS18-4011727, MS18-4018291

MSKB: 4011675, 4011714, 4011727, 4018291