MS07-036: Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution (936542) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 50052

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Synopsis

An application installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The remote Mac OS X host is running a version of Microsoft Office 2004 for Mac that is affected by a memory corruption vulnerability.

If an attacker can trick a user on the affected host into opening a specially crafted Excel file, these issues could be leveraged to execute arbitrary code subject to the user's privileges.

Solution

Microsoft has released a patch for Office 2004 for Mac.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 50052

File Name: macosx_ms07-036.nasl

Version: 1.20

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Family: MacOS X Local Security Checks

Published: 10/20/2010

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2007-3030

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004::mac

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/packages

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/10/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-3030

BID: 24803

MSFT: MS07-036

MSKB: 936542

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