Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 157433

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

- Two remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-22003, CVE-2022-22004)

- An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2022-23252)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB3118335
-KB3172514
-KB5002140
-KB5002146

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/3118335

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3172514

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002140

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002146

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 157433

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_feb_office.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/8/2022

Updated: 11/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-22004

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:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-21988, CVE-2022-22003, CVE-2022-22004, CVE-2022-23252

IAVA: 2022-A-0066-S

MSFT: MS22-3118335, MS22-3172514, MS22-5002140, MS22-5002146

MSKB: 3118335, 3172514, 5002140, 5002146