PT-2015-3197 · Microsoft · Outlook+1

Published 2015-11-11 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2015-6123

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel for Mac versions 2011 through 2016

Description The issue is related to a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via a crafted e-mail message. This is possible due to the lack of protection measures for the web page structure in Microsoft Excel. The exploitation of this issue can enable a remote attacker to inject malicious code using a specially crafted email message.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel for Mac version 2011, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft Excel for Mac version 2016, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of Outlook for Mac to handle crafted email messages until a patch is available.

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-00567

CVE-2015-6123

Affected Products

Office Excel

Outlook

References · 6

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-00567 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-6123 · Security Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-116 · Vendor Advisory
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS15-116 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1034122 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/77525 · Note