MS16-088: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3170008) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92014

Synopsis

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

Description

The version of Microsoft Office installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to open a specially crafted Office file, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user..

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office for Mac 2011, Office 2016 for Mac, Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, and Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac.

See Also

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-088

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92014

File Name: macosx_ms16-088_office.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 7/12/2016

Updated: 2/17/2023

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3284

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:office:2011, cpe:/a:microsoft:word_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/12/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3280, CVE-2016-3281, CVE-2016-3282, CVE-2016-3284

IAVA: 2016-A-0176-S

MSFT: MS16-088

MSKB: 3170460, 3170463