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MS07-015: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (932554)

high Nessus Plugin ID 24339

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 may allow arbitrary code to be run.

To succeed, the attacker would have to send a rogue file to a user of the remote computer and have it 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/2007/ms07-015

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24339

File Name: smb_nt_ms07-015.nasl

Version: 1.37

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/13/2007

Updated: 8/12/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 8.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2006

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 9/2/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-3877, CVE-2007-0671

BID: 20325, 22383

CWE: 94

CERT: 205948, 613740

MSFT: MS07-015

MSKB: 929062, 929063, 929064