MS15-099: Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Could Allow Remote Code Execution (3089664) (Mac OS X)

high Nessus Plugin ID 85878

Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Mac OS X host has a version of Microsoft Office installed that is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities due to improper handling of objects in memory. A remote attacker can exploit these vulnerabilities by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file in Microsoft Office, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user.

Solution

Microsoft has released patches for Office for Mac 2011 and for Office 2016 for Mac.

See Also

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms15-099

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 85878

File Name: macosx_ms15-099_office_2011.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 9/9/2015

Updated: 11/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2011:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2016:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2016

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/8/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-2520, CVE-2015-2523

BID: 76561, 76564

IAVA: 2015-A-0214

MSFT: MS15-099

MSKB: 3088501