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Security Update for Microsoft Office (May 2019) (macOS)

🗓️ 16 May 2019 00:00:00Reported by TenableType 
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Security Update for Microsoft Office (May 2019) (macOS) missing, leading to remote code execution vulnerabilit

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#
# (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(125165);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2022/12/05");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2019-0953");
  script_xref(name:"CEA-ID", value:"CEA-2019-0326");

  script_name(english:"Security Update for Microsoft Office (May 2019) (macOS)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"An application installed on the remote macOS or Mac OS X host is affected by a 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 a remote code execution vulnerability in the Microsoft Word software due to improper handling of
objects in memory. An unauthenticated, remote attacker can exploit this, by convincing a user to open a specially
crafted file, to execute arbitrary commands.");
  # https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-2016-mac#may-2019-release
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?6914a7b5");
  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-2019-0953");

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

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/05/16");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/05/16");

  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");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:word");
  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) 2019-2022 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");
include("vcf.inc");

os = get_kb_item_or_exit("Host/MacOSX/Version");

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

report = '';

#2016
min_ver_16 = '16';
fix_ver_16 = '16.16.10';
fix_disp_16 = '16.16.10 (19051200)';

#2019
min_ver_19 = '16.17.0';
fix_ver_19 = '16.25';
fix_disp_19 = '16.25 (19051201)';

foreach app (apps)
{
  installs = get_installs(app_name:app);
  if (isnull(installs[1]))
    continue;

  foreach install (installs[1])
  {
    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);

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05 Dec 2022 00:00Current
8.6High risk
Vulners AI Score8.6
CVSS 37.8
CVSS 29.3
EPSS0.24224
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