7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.118 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%
The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel.
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) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Microsoft Excel handles objects in memory (CVE-2018-8574, CVE-2018-8577)
#
# (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(118934);
script_version("1.7");
script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/11/01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2018-8574", "CVE-2018-8577");
script_bugtraq_id(105833, 105834);
script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Office (November 2018) (macOS)");
script_summary(english:"Checks the version of Microsoft Office for macOS");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is
affected by remote code execution vulnerability.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Office application installed on the remote macOS
or Mac OS X host is missing a security update. It is, therefore,
affected by the following vulnerability:
- A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel
software when the software fails to properly handle objects in
memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability
could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the
current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an
attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker
could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create
new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are
configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less
impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a
specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel.
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)
containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the
vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit
the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to
click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or
instant message, and then convince them to open the specially
crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by
correcting how Microsoft Excel handles objects in memory
(CVE-2018-8574, CVE-2018-8577)");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-2016-mac#november-2018-release
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?5696476b");
# https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8574
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6ca7f685");
# https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2018-8577
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?f5e3fcde");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Microsoft has released a set of patches for Microsoft Office 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-2018-8574");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2018/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/11/13");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/11/14");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:excel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2019 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 Word", "installed_sw/Microsoft Excel", "installed_sw/Microsoft PowerPoint", "installed_sw/Microsoft OneNote", "installed_sw/Microsoft Outlook");
exit(0);
}
include("audit.inc");
include("global_settings.inc");
include("misc_func.inc");
include("install_func.inc");
os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version");
apps = make_list(
"Microsoft Word",
"Microsoft Excel",
"Microsoft PowerPoint",
"Microsoft OneNote",
"Microsoft Outlook"
);
#2019
min_ver_19 = '16.17.0';
fix_ver_19 = '16.19.0';
fix_disp_19 = '16.19.0 (18110915)';
#2016
min_ver_16 = '16';
fix_ver_16 = '16.16.4';
fix_disp_16 = '16.16.4 (18111001)';
report = '';
for(i = 0; i < len(apps); i++)
{
app = apps[i];
installs = get_installs(app_name:app);
if (isnull(installs[1])) continue;
for(j = 0; j < len(installs[1]); j++)
{
install = installs[1][j];
version = install['version'];
if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:min_ver_19, fix:fix_ver_19, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
app_label = app + ' for Mac 2019';
report +=
'\n\n Product : ' + app_label +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix_disp_19;
}
else if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:min_ver_16, fix:fix_ver_16, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
app_label = app + ' for Mac 2016';
report +=
'\n\n Product : ' + app_label +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix_disp_16;
}
}
}
if (empty(report))
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
if (os =~ "^Mac OS X 10\.[0-9](\.|$)")
report += '\n Note : Update will require Mac OS X 10.10.0 or later.\n';
security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_HOLE, port:0, extra:report);
Vendor | Product | Version | CPE |
---|---|---|---|
apple | mac_os_x | cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x | |
microsoft | office | cpe:/a:microsoft:office | |
microsoft | excel_for_mac | cpe:/a:microsoft:excel_for_mac | |
microsoft | excel | cpe:/a:microsoft:excel | |
microsoft | powerpoint | cpe:/a:microsoft:powerpoint | |
microsoft | outlook | cpe:/a:microsoft:outlook | |
microsoft | onenote | cpe:/a:microsoft:onenote |
7.8 High
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
9.3 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
0.118 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.3%