MS17-014: Security Update for Microsoft Office (4013241) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 97739

Synopsis

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

Description

The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities :

- Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities exist in Microsoft Office software due to improper handling of objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit these, by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document file, to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current user. (CVE-2017-0020, CVE-2017-0030, CVE-2017-0031)

- An information disclosure vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office due to improper disclosure of memory contents. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this to disclose sensitive system memory information by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document file. (CVE-2017-0027)

- A denial of service vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office that allows an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause Office to stop responding by convincing a user to open a specially crafted document file.
(CVE-2017-0029)

- An out-of-bounds read error exists in Microsoft Office due to an uninitialized variable. A local attacker can exploit this to disclose memory contents by opening a specially crafted document file. (CVE-2017-0105)

- A flaw exists in Microsoft Lync for Mac due to improper validation of X.509 certificates. A man-in-the-middle attacker can exploit this, by spoofing a TLS/SSL server via a certificate that appears valid, to disclose or manipulate transmitted data. (CVE-2017-0129)

Solution

Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011, Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac, Microsoft Excel for Mac 2011, Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac, Microsoft Word for Mac 2011, and Microsoft Lync for Mac 2011.

See Also

https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS17-014

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 97739

File Name: macosx_ms17-014_office.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 3/15/2017

Updated: 2/17/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

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-2017-0031

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office, cpe:/a:microsoft:word_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac, cpe:/a:microsoft:lync

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/14/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0020, CVE-2017-0027, CVE-2017-0029, CVE-2017-0030, CVE-2017-0031, CVE-2017-0105, CVE-2017-0129

BID: 96043, 96045, 96050, 96051, 96052, 96746, 96752

IAVA: 2017-A-0060-S

MSFT: MS17-014

MSKB: 4013241