Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3155544) - Mac OS X
🗓️ 11 May 2016 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-0198 | 11 May 201601:59 | – | attackerkb | |
| The vulnerability of the Word Viewer, Microsoft Word text editor, Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, and Word For Mac text editor allows a perpetrator to execute arbitrary code. | 31 May 201600:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2016-03019) | 11 May 201600:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2016-0198 | 11 May 201601:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2016-0198 | 11 May 201601:00 | – | cvelist | |
| End of support for Office 2013 | 10 May 201607:00 | – | mskb | |
| End of support for Office 2016 and Office 2019 | 10 May 201607:00 | – | mskb | |
| Security update 2016-05-10 | 10 May 201607:00 | – | mskb | |
| Security update 2016-05-10 | 10 May 201607:00 | – | mskb | |
| MS16-054: Description of the security update for Office 2010: May 10, 2016 | 10 May 201607:00 | – | mskb |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| technet | www.technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-054 |
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3155777 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2016 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.807328");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2016-0198");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"9.3");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-28 06:28:06 +0000 (Tue, 28 Apr 2026)");
script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2018-10-12 22:11:00 +0000 (Fri, 12 Oct 2018)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2016-05-11 16:02:03 +0530 (Wed, 11 May 2016)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_name("Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3155544) - Mac OS X");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft Bulletin MS16-054");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to multiple memory corruption
vulnerability.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the currently
logged-in user and could take control of the affected system.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office 2011 on Mac OS X.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Apply the patch from the referenced advisory.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3155777");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-054");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2016 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Mac OS X Local Security Checks");
script_dependencies("gb_microsoft_office_detect_macosx.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/MacOSX/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("version_func.inc");
offVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/MacOSX/Ver");
if(!offVer || offVer !~ "^14\."){
exit(0);
}
if(version_in_range(version:offVer, test_version:"14.1.0", test_version2:"14.6.3"))
{
report = 'File version: ' + offVer + '\n' +
'Vulnerable range: 14.1.0 - 14.6.3 ' + '\n' ;
security_message(data:report);
}
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