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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (March 2019)

high Nessus Plugin ID 122790

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists when the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine improperly handles objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could execute arbitrary code on a victim system. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing a victim to open a specially crafted file. The update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way the Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine handles objects in memory.
 (CVE-2019-0748)

Solution

Microsoft has released KB4462226 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?1e6608f8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 122790

File Name: smb_nt_ms19_mar_office.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/12/2019

Updated: 12/11/2020

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

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-2019-0748

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

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/12/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-0748

IAVA: 2019-A-0077-S

MSFT: MS19-4462226

MSKB: 4462226