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Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability for Word (June 2020)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 137272
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Word Products are affected by security feature bypass vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Word 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:-KB4484380
-KB4484396
-KB4484361
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/4484380
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 137272
File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jun_word.nasl
Version: 1.7
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
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:word
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