Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

  - A spoofing vulnerability. (CVE-2023-23398)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2023-23399)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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 multiple vulnerabilities:

  - Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-23399)

  - Windows Graphics Component Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-24910)

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 Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

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

  - A denial of service (DoS) vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this issue to cause the affected component to     deny system or application services. (CVE-2023-23396)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-23399)   Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can     exploit this to perform actions with the privileges of     another user. (CVE-2023-23398)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-23399)

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
172606	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (March 2023)	Nessus	Windows	high
172602	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (Mar 2023) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
172537	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (March 2023)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
172526	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Web Apps (March 2023)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
172522	Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (March 2023)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

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CVE-2023-23399

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Tenable Plugins

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