Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2023-36762)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2023-36761)

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

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the september-12-2023 advisory.

  - Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36766)

  - Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36762)

  - Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36767)

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

The Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:
  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2023-36764)
  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can     exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-36762)

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

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2023-36761)

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-36762)

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

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
181344	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products C2R Multiple Vulnerabilities (September 2023)	Nessus	Windows	high
181321	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (Sep 2023) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
181294	Security Updates for Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 (September 2023)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high
181292	Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (September 2023)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

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CVE-2023-36762

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Tenable Plugins

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