Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (June 2020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 137267

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

- A security feature bypass vulnerability exists in Microsoft Outlook when Office fails to enforce security settings configured on a system. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to load remote images. These images could disclose the IP address of the targeted system to the attacker. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted image with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.
(CVE-2020-1229)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4484342
-KB4484351
-KB4484373
-KB4484378

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?c31ba927

http://www.nessus.org/u?de8b10ec

http://www.nessus.org/u?b4dcb740

http://www.nessus.org/u?89263810

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 137267

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jun_office.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/9/2020

Updated: 6/10/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

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-2020-1229

IAVA: 2020-A-0255-S

MSFT: MS20-4484342, MS20-4484351, MS20-4484373, MS20-4484378

MSKB: 4484342, 4484351, 4484373, 4484378