Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version   number.

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerabilities:

  - Multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel. (CVE-2021-34501, CVE-2021-34518)

  - A spoofing vulnerability in Microsoft Office Online Server. (CVE-2021-34451).

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
162107	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (July 2021)	Nessus	Windows	high
151610	Security Updates for Microsoft Office (July 2021) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
151609	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (July 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
151608	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Web Apps (July 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2021-34501

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Tenable Plugins

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