Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability for Microsoft Excel Products (June 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 137264

Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products is missing a security update, and Therefore is affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker who exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to load remote images which could disclose the IP address of the targeted system to the attacker.

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4484415
-KB4484410
-KB4484403

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484415

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484410

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4484403

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 137264

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jun_excel.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/9/2020

Updated: 6/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1226

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:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1225, CVE-2020-1226

IAVA: 2020-A-0249-S

MSFT: MS20-4484403, MS20-4484410, MS20-4484415

MSKB: 4484403, 4484410, 4484415