Microsoft Office Unsupported Version Detection (Mac OS X)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 91857

Synopsis

The remote host contains an unsupported version of Microsoft Office.

Description

According to its version, the installation of Microsoft Office on the remote Mac OS X host is no longer supported.

Lack of support implies that no new security patches for the product will be released by the vendor. As a result, it is likely to contain security vulnerabilities.

Solution

Upgrade to a version of Microsoft Office that is currently supported.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle

http://www.nessus.org/u?36e9cb48

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/lifecycle/selectindex

http://www.nessus.org/u?81130d1f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 91857

File Name: macosx_office_unsupported.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 6/27/2016

Updated: 2/26/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable score for unsupported software.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office:x:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2004:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2008:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2011:mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2016:mac

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Reference Information

IAVA: 0001-A-0503