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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (April 2018)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 108976
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Word Products are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability when Office renders Rich Text Format (RTF) email messages containing OLE objects when a message is opened or previewed. This vulnerability could potentially result in the disclosure of sensitive information to a malicious site.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Office processes OLE objects.
Solution
Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:-KB4018339
-KB4018355
-KB4018347
-KB4018359
See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?e9236b3d
http://www.nessus.org/u?ca11752e
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 108976
File Name: smb_nt_ms18_apr_word.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 4/10/2018
Updated: 11/8/2019
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0950
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word
Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/10/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-0950