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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Viewer Products (January 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 121025

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Viewer Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user. (CVE-2019-0585)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in the way that the MSHTML engine inproperly validates input. An attacker could execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (CVE-2019-0541)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4461635
 -KB4462112
 -KB2596760

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b794a801

http://www.nessus.org/u?cff48609

http://www.nessus.org/u?75ef963a

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 121025

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_jan_office_viewers.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 1/8/2019

Updated: 4/25/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-0585

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_viewer

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/8/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/8/2019

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 5/3/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0541, CVE-2019-0585

MSFT: MS19-2596760, MS19-4461635, MS19-4462112

MSKB: 2596760, 4461635, 4462112