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Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Apr 2018) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 12 Apr 2018 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2018 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Office 2016 on Mac OS X is missing security update April 2018, allowing remote code execution

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2018 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.813136");
  script_version("2024-02-09T14:47:30+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2018-1029");
  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:"2024-02-09 14:47:30 +0000 (Fri, 09 Feb 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/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:"2023-10-03 15:38:00 +0000 (Tue, 03 Oct 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2018-04-12 12:13:26 +0530 (Thu, 12 Apr 2018)");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (Apr 2018) - 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 April 2018");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw exists because Microsoft Excel fails to
  properly handle objects in memory.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation will allow attackers
  to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user
  is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control
  of the affected system.");

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

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Upgrade to Microsoft Office 2016 version
  16.12.0 (Build 18041000) or later. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  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_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103617");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2018 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|16)\.)" && version_is_less(version:offVer, test_version:"16.12.0"))
{
  report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:offVer, fixed_version:"16.12.0");
  security_message(data:report);
  exit(0);
}
exit(0);

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