Microsoft Excel 2016 Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4011050)
🗓️ 13 Sep 2017 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AGType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 52 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The vulnerability of Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Excel for Mac, and the Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack relates to improper handling of objects in memory, allowing an attacker to gain privileges of the current user. | 26 Oct 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Vulnerability of Microsoft Office software, related to improper handling of objects in memory, allows a hacker to execute arbitrary code. | 26 Oct 201700:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-27433) | 13 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability (CNVD-2017-27434) | 13 Sep 201700:00 | – | cnvd | |
| CVE-2017-8631 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8632 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2017-8631 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2017-8632 | 13 Sep 201701:00 | – | cvelist | |
| Security update 2017-09-12 | 12 Sep 201707:00 | – | mskb | |
| Description of the security update for Office for Mac 2011 14.7.7: September 12, 2017 | 12 Sep 201707:00 | – | mskb |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/100734 |
| support | www.support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4011050 |
| securityfocus | www.securityfocus.com/bid/100751 |
# 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
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.811748");
script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
script_cve_id("CVE-2017-8631", "CVE-2017-8632");
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:"2017-09-21 15:45:00 +0000 (Thu, 21 Sep 2017)");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2017-09-13 10:41:45 +0530 (Wed, 13 Sep 2017)");
script_name("Microsoft Excel 2016 Multiple Vulnerabilities (KB4011050)");
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
update according to Microsoft KB4011050");
script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Multiple flaws exist due to an error in
Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in
memory.");
script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow an
attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially
crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user.");
script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Excel 2016.");
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_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4011050");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100751");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100734");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2017 Greenbone AG");
script_family("Windows : Microsoft Bulletins");
script_dependencies("secpod_office_products_version_900032.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("SMB/Office/Excel/Version");
exit(0);
}
include("smb_nt.inc");
include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");
include("secpod_smb_func.inc");
excelVer = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/Excel/Version");
if(!excelVer){
exit(0);
}
excelPath = get_kb_item("SMB/Office/Excel/Install/Path");
if(!excelPath){
excelPath = "Unable to fetch the install path";
}
if(excelVer =~ "^(16\.)" && version_is_less(version:excelVer, test_version:"16.0.4588.1000"))
{
report = 'File checked: ' + excelPath + "Excel.exe" + '\n' +
'File version: ' + excelVer + '\n' +
'Vulnerable range: ' + "16.0 - 16.0.4588.0999" + '\n' ;
security_message(data:report);
exit(0);
}
exit(0);
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