Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.
It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-43256)

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-43256, CVE-2021-43875)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2021-42293)

  - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this to perform actions with the     privileges of another user. (CVE-2021-43255)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2021-42295)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
162116	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows	high
162020	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows	high
156074	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
156062	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2021-43256

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Tenable Plugins

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