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Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2680352) - Mac OS X

🗓️ 09 May 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AGType 
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Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability on Mac OS X. Allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted word document

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 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("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.902912");
  script_version("2026-04-28T06:28:06+0000");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-0183");
  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:"creation_date", value:"2012-05-09 13:43:53 +0530 (Wed, 09 May 2012)");
  script_name("Microsoft Office Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (2680352) - Mac OS X");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/cve-2012-0183/");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53344");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2012/ms12-029");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.symantec.com/security_response/vulnerability.jsp?bid=53344");

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 Greenbone AG");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family("Mac OS X Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gb_microsoft_office_detect_macosx.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("MS/Office/MacOSX/Ver");
  script_tag(name:"impact", value:"Successful exploitation could allow attackers to execute arbitrary code by
  tricking a user into opening a specially crafted word document.");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"- Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac

  - Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The flaw is due to an error when parsing Rich Text Format (RTF) data
  and can be exploited to corrupt memory.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"The vendor has released updates. Please see the references for more information.");
  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"This host is missing a critical security update according to
  Microsoft Bulletin MS12-029.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("version_func.inc");

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

if(version_in_range(version:offVer, test_version:"12.0", test_version2:"12.3.2")||
   version_in_range(version:offVer, test_version:"14.0", test_version2:"14.2.1")){
  security_message( port: 0, data: "The target host was found to be vulnerable" );
}

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