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MS06-048: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (922968)

high Nessus Plugin ID 22190

Synopsis

Arbitrary code can be executed on the remote host through Microsoft Office.

Description

The remote host is running a version of Microsoft Office that could allow arbitrary code execution.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have him open it with Microsoft Office.

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Office 2000, XP and 2003.

See Also

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/SecurityBulletins/2006/ms06-048

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 22190

File Name: smb_nt_ms06-048.nasl

Version: 1.42

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/8/2006

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2006

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3449, CVE-2006-3590

BID: 19341

CERT: 884252, 936945

MSFT: MS06-048

MSKB: 922968