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Security Update for Microsoft Office (October 2017) (macOS)

2017-10-1000:00:00
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The Microsoft Office 2016 application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, a user must open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability. However, an attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the website.
Instead, an attacker would have to convince the user to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger message, and then convince the user to open the specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Office handles files in memory. (CVE-2017-11825)

#
# (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from the Microsoft Security Updates API. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(103744);
  script_version("1.7");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2023/02/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-11825");
  script_bugtraq_id(101124);
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2017-A-0291-S");

  script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Office (October 2017) (macOS)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is
affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Office 2016 application installed on the remote macOS
or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore,
affected by a remote code execution vulnerability that exists in
Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in
memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could
use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security
context of the current user. For example, the file could then take
actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as
the current user. To exploit the vulnerability, a user must open a
specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office
software. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and
convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario,
an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website
that accepts or hosts user-provided content) that contains a specially
crafted file that is designed to exploit the vulnerability. However,
an attacker would have no way to force the user to visit the website.
Instead, an attacker would have to convince the user to click a link,
typically by way of an enticement in an email or Instant Messenger
message, and then convince the user to open the specially crafted
file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting
how Microsoft Office handles files in memory. (CVE-2017-11825)");
  # https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Release-notes-for-Office-2016-for-Mac-ed2da564-6d53-4542-9954-7e3209681a41
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?68489292");
  # https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11825
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?42387d55");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released a set patches for Microsoft Office 2016 for
Mac.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2017-11825");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2017/10/10");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"II");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2017-2023 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("macosx_office_installed.nbin");
  script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/Version");
  script_require_ports("installed_sw/Microsoft Outlook", "installed_sw/Microsoft Excel", "installed_sw/Microsoft Word", "installed_sw/Microsoft PowerPoint", "installed_sw/Microsoft OneNote");

  exit(0);
}

include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("install_func.inc");

os = get_kb_item("Host/MacOSX/Version");
if (!os) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Mac OS X");

apps = make_list(
  "Microsoft Outlook",
  "Microsoft Excel",
  "Microsoft Word",
  "Microsoft PowerPoint",
  "Microsoft OneNote"
);

report = "";

foreach app (apps)
{
  installs = get_installs(app_name:app);
  if (isnull(installs[1])) continue;
  foreach install (installs[1])
  {
    version = install['version'];
    app_label = app;
    fix = NULL;
    fix_disp = NULL;

    if (version =~ "^15\.")
    {
      app_label += " for Mac 2016";
      fix = '15.39.0';
      fix_disp = '15.39 (17101000)';
    }

    if (fix && ver_compare(ver:version, fix:fix, strict:FALSE) < 0)
    {
      report +=
        '\n  Product           : ' + app_label +
        '\n  Installed version : ' + version +
        '\n  Fixed version     : ' + fix_disp;

      fix_disp = '';
      if (os =~ "^Mac OS X 10\.[0-9](\.|$)")
        report += '\n  Note              : Update will require Mac OS X 10.10.0 or later.\n';
      else report += '\n';
    }
  }
}

# Report findings.
if (!empty(report))
  security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_HOLE, port:0, extra:report);
else
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
VendorProductVersionCPE
microsoftofficecpe:/a:microsoft:office