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Microsoft Office Outlook Spoofing Vulnerability - Mac OS X

🗓️ 21 Jun 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType 
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This host is missing an important security update for Microsoft Office 2016 on Mac OS X according to Microsoft security update June 2017. The flaw exists when Microsoft Outlook for Mac does not sanitize html or treat it in a safe manner. Successful exploitation will allow remote attackers to gain access to the user's authentication information or login credentials. Affected version is Microsoft Office 2016 on Mac OS X. Vendor fixes are available

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# 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";

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.810956");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8545");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.3");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/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:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2020-05-11 18:38:00 +0000 (Mon, 11 May 2020)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-06-21 14:14:04 +0530 (Wed, 21 Jun 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Outlook Spoofing Vulnerability - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
  update for Microsoft Office 2016 on Mac OS X according to Microsoft security
  update June 2017");

  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 Microsoft Outlook
  for Mac does not sanitize html or treat it in a safe manner.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to gain access to the user's authentication information or login
  credentials.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office 2016 on Mac OS X.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Vendor fixes are available.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8545");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98917");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.office.com/en-gb/article/Release-notes-for-Office-2016-for-Mac-ed2da564-6d53-4542-9954-7e3209681a41");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 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");

if(!offVer = get_kb_item("MS/Office/MacOSX/Ver")){
  exit(0);
}

if(offVer =~ "^(15\.)" && version_is_less(version:offVer, test_version:"15.35.0"))
{
  report = 'File version:     ' + offVer   + '\n' +
           'Vulnerable range: 15.0 - 15.34.0' + '\n' ;
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0);

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