Microsoft Office Web Apps XSS Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability (KB3178725)
🗓️ 13 Apr 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 21 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Office XSS Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability | 14 Apr 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-0195 | 12 Apr 201714:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-0195 | 12 Apr 201714:00 | – | cvelist | |
| EUVD-2017-0562 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 Excel Web App: April 11, 2017 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Security update 2017-04-11 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Description of the security update for Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2013: April 11, 2017 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Description of the security update for Office Web Apps Server 2013: April 11, 2017 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Description of the security update for Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2010: April 11, 2017 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Description of the security update for SharePoint Server 2010 Office Web Apps: April 11, 2017 | 11 Apr 201707:00 | – | mskb |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3178725 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2017 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
CPE = "cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps";
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810693");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-0195");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"3.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N");
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:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2017-04-20 18:20:00 +0000 (Thu, 20 Apr 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-04-13 11:14:05 +0530 (Thu, 13 Apr 2017)");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_name("Microsoft Office Web Apps XSS Elevation of Privileges Vulnerability (KB3178725)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update for Microsoft Office Web Apps according to Microsoft security update
KB3178725");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists when an Office Web Apps server
does not properly sanitize a specially crafted request.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"An authenticated attacker could exploit the
vulnerability by sending a specially crafted request to an affected Office Web
Apps server. The attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could then
perform cross-site scripting attacks on affected systems and run script in the
security context of the current user.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1 and prior.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3178725");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("gb_ms_office_web_apps_detect.nasl");
script_require_ports(139, 445);
script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/Web/Apps/Ver");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe:CPE, exit_no_version:TRUE ) ) exit( 0 );
webappVer = infos["version"];
path = infos["location"];
if(!path || "Could not find the install location" >< path){
exit(0);
}
##Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013
if(webappVer =~ "^(15\.)")
{
dllVer = fetch_file_version(sysPath:path,
file_name:"\15.0\WebServices\ConversionService\Bin\Converter\sword.dll");
if(dllVer)
{
if(version_in_range(version:dllVer, test_version:"15.0", test_version2:"15.0.4919.0999"))
{
report = 'File checked: ' + path + "15.0\WebServices\ConversionService\Bin\Converter\sword.dll" + '\n' +
'File version: ' + dllVer + '\n' +
'Vulnerable range: ' + "15.0 - 15.0.4919.0999" + '\n' ;
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
}
}
exit(99);
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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
5.9Medium risk
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CVSS 23.5
CVSS 35.4
EPSS0.03842