Security Updates for Microsoft Publisher Products (April 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 135462

Synopsis

The Microsoft Publisher Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

- A remote code execution vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly loads arbitrary type libraries. An attacker could then install programs;
view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. (CVE-2020-0760)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB3162033
-KB4011097
-KB4032216

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?85039829

http://www.nessus.org/u?c76ab85c

http://www.nessus.org/u?de36ff44

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 135462

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_apr_publisher.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 4/14/2020

Updated: 5/17/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-0760

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:publisher

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-0760

IAVA: 2020-A-0173-S

MSFT: MS20-3162033, MS20-4011097, MS20-4032216

MSKB: 3162033, 4011097, 4032216