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Microsoft Office 2016 Memory Corruption Vulnerability - Mac OS X

🗓️ 19 May 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. The vulnerability allows remote attackers to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user

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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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811048");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-0254");
  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:"2017-07-08 01:29:00 +0000 (Sat, 08 Jul 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-05-19 15:20:17 +0530 (Fri, 19 May 2017)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("Microsoft Office 2016 Memory Corruption 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 May 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 due to error when the
  software fails to properly handle objects in memory.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow remote
  attackers to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office 2016 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.office.com/en-us/article/Release-notes-for-Office-2016-for-Mac-ed2da564-6d53-4542-9954-7e3209681a41");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98101");

  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");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Release-notes-for-Office-2016-for-Mac-ed2da564-6d53-4542-9954-7e3209681a41");
  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:"15.34.0"))
{
  report = 'File version:     ' + offVer   + '\n' +
           'Vulnerable range: 15.0 - 15.33.0' + '\n' ;
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0);

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28 Apr 2026 00:00Current
7.3High risk
Vulners AI Score7.3
CVSS 37.8
CVSS 29.3
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