Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (March 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 147225

Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

- A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-27053, CVE-2021-27054, CVE-2021-27057)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4504707
-KB4493239
-KB4493233

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/4504707

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493239

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4493233

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147225

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_mar_excel.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/9/2021

Updated: 6/10/2022

Supported Sensors: 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-2021-27057

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 3/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-27053, CVE-2021-27054, CVE-2021-27057

IAVA: 2021-A-0135-S

MSFT: MS21-4493233, MS21-4493239, MS21-4504707

MSKB: 4493233, 4493239, 4504707