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Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Sep 2024) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 11 Sep 2024 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2024 Greenbone AGType 
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This host is missing an important security update for Microsoft Office on Mac OSX according to Microsoft Security update September 2024. The flaw in Microsoft Excel allows escalation of privileges

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.834501");
  script_version("2026-03-12T05:56:11+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-43465");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.2");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-03-12 05:56:11 +0000 (Thu, 12 Mar 2026)");
  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:"2024-09-10 17:15:34 +0000 (Tue, 10 Sep 2024)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2024-09-11 10:30:57 +0530 (Wed, 11 Sep 2024)");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (Sep 2024) - Mac OS X");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing an important security
  update for Microsoft Office on Mac OSX according to Microsoft security
  update September 2024");

  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 an elevation of privilege
  vulnerability in Microsoft Excel.");

  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation would allow an attacker
  to escalate privileges.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"Microsoft Office 2021 prior to version 16.89 (Build 24090815).");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 16.89 (Build 24090815)
  or later. Please see the references for more information.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"executable_version");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/officeupdates/release-notes-office-for-mac");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2024 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(!vers = get_kb_item("MS/Office/MacOSX/Ver"))
  exit(0);


if(vers =~ "^16\.") {
  if(version_in_range(version:vers, test_version:"16.54.0", test_version2:"16.88.1")) {
    report = report_fixed_ver(installed_version:vers, fixed_version:"16.89 (Build 24090815)");
    security_message(port:0, data:report);
    exit(0);
  }
}

exit(99);

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12 Mar 2026 00:00Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 3.17.8
EPSS0.008
SSVC
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