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Security Update for Microsoft Office (August 2019) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 127894

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Synopsis

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

Description

The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file, to execute arbitrary commands in the security context of the current user. (CVE-2019-1201, CVE-2019-1205)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Windows Graphics due to improper handling of objects in memory. An authenticated, local attacker can exploit this, by running a specially crafted application to obtain information for further compromise of the system. (CVE-2019-1148, CVE-2019-1153)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Windows font library due to improper handling of embedded fonts. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to visit a specially crafted website or open a specially crafted file, to execute arbitrary commands. (CVE-2019-1149, CVE-2019-1151)

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office for Mac.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?4a62a6d3

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 127894

File Name: macos_ms19_aug_office.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 8/14/2019

Updated: 5/19/2022

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: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1205

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-1151

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x, cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel, cpe:/a:microsoft:word, cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint, cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook, cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-1148, CVE-2019-1149, CVE-2019-1151, CVE-2019-1153, CVE-2019-1201, CVE-2019-1205