Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (September 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 153380

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-2021-38655, CVE-2021-38660)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002003
-KB5002014

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?c21830db

http://www.nessus.org/u?ca14a662

http://www.nessus.org/u?42ab6861

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd4508ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 153380

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_sep_excel.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/14/2021

Updated: 11/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38660

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/14/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38655, CVE-2021-38660

IAVA: 2021-A-0425-S

MSFT: MS21-5002003, MS21-5002014

MSKB: 5002003, 5002014