Security Update for Microsoft SharePoint Server (January 2018)

high Nessus Plugin ID 105696

Synopsis

The Microsoft SharePoint Server or Microsoft Project Server installation on the remote host is missing security updates.

Description

The Microsoft SharePoint Server or Microsoft Project Server installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists when Microsoft SharePoint Server does not properly sanitize a specially crafted web request to an affected SharePoint server. An authenticated attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected SharePoint server.
(CVE-2018-0789, CVE-2018-0790)

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2018-0792)

- An Office RTF remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the Office software fails to properly handle RTF files. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2018-0797)

- A cross-site-scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists when Microsoft Access does not properly sanitize inputs to image fields edited within Design view. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted file to a victim, or by hosting the file on a web server. (CVE-2018-0799)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
- KB3114998
- KB3141547
- KB4011579
- KB4011599
- KB4011609
- KB4011642
- KB4011653

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd18318b

http://www.nessus.org/u?0cab3ede

http://www.nessus.org/u?c1d4a69b

http://www.nessus.org/u?b0ca2685

http://www.nessus.org/u?d8b7c595

http://www.nessus.org/u?7823ab97

http://www.nessus.org/u?bf2ca8ef

http://www.nessus.org/u?6d3749df

http://www.nessus.org/u?53edad91

http://www.nessus.org/u?54f02eaf

http://www.nessus.org/u?9a757a23

http://www.nessus.org/u?9007faa3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 105696

File Name: smb_nt_ms18_jan_office_sharepoint.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/9/2018

Updated: 4/12/2023

Supported Sensors: 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-2018-0797

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:sharepoint_server, cpe:/a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation, cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/9/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0789, CVE-2018-0790, CVE-2018-0792, CVE-2018-0797, CVE-2018-0799

BID: 102381, 102391, 102394, 102406, 102411

IAVA: 2018-A-0009-S

MSFT: MS18-3114998, MS18-3141547, MS18-4011579, MS18-4011599, MS18-4011609, MS18-4011642, MS18-4011653

MSKB: 3114998, 3141547, 4011579, 4011599, 4011609, 4011642, 4011653