The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, as follows:
A remote code execution vulnerability in Excel that can be exploited by an unauthenticated, local attacker. (CVE-2021-40442)
A security feature bypass vulnerability in Excel that can be exploited by an unauthenticated, local attacker. (CVE-2021-42292)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the applicationβs self-reported version number.
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 70300
##
# (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('deprecated_nasl_level.inc');
include('compat.inc');
if (description)
{
script_id(155448);
script_version("1.8");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/04/01");
script_cve_id("CVE-2021-40442", "CVE-2021-42292");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0546-S");
script_xref(name:"CISA-KNOWN-EXPLOITED", value:"2021/12/01");
script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2021-A-0541-S");
script_name(english:"Security Updates for Microsoft Office (November 2021) (macOS)");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities, as follows:
- A remote code execution vulnerability in Excel that can be exploited by an unauthenticated, local
attacker. (CVE-2021-40442)
- A security feature bypass vulnerability in Excel that can be exploited by an unauthenticated, local
attacker. (CVE-2021-42292)
Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/update-history-office-for-mac
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?43ed1b90");
# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac#november-16-2021
script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?945bbaf2");
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:P/I:P/A:P");
script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:H/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:H/RL:O/RC:C");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2021-42292");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploited_by_malware", value:"true");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2021/11/09");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2021/11/16");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2021/11/17");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:office");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/a:microsoft:excel");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
script_end_attributes();
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_family(english:"MacOS X Local Security Checks");
script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2021-2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("macosx_office_installed.nbin");
script_require_keys("Host/MacOSX/Version", "installed_sw/Microsoft Excel");
exit(0);
}
include('vcf.inc');
var os = get_kb_item_or_exit('Host/MacOSX/Version');
var apps = make_list('Microsoft Excel');
var report = '';
#2019
var min_ver_19 = '16.17.0';
var fix_ver_19 = '16.55';
var fix_disp_19 = '16.55 (21111400)';
foreach var app (apps)
{
var installs = get_installs(app_name:app);
if (isnull(installs[1]))
continue;
foreach var install (installs[1])
{
var version = install['version'];
if (ver_compare(ver:version, minver:min_ver_19, fix:fix_ver_19, strict:FALSE) < 0)
{
var app_label = app + ' for Mac 2019';
report +=
'\n\n Product : ' + app_label +
'\n Installed version : ' + version +
'\n Fixed version : ' + fix_disp_19;
}
}
}
if (empty(report))
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
if (os =~ "^Mac OS X 10\.([0-9]([^0-9]|$)|1[0-4])")
report += '\n Note : Update will require macOS 10.15.0 or later.\n';
security_report_v4(severity:SECURITY_WARNING, port:0, extra:report);