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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (February 2022)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 157441

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2022-22716)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002137
 -KB5002156

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/5002137

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002156

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 157441

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_feb_excel.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/8/2022

Updated: 11/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

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-2022-22716

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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: 2/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-22716

IAVA: 2022-A-0080-S

MSFT: MS22-5002137, MS22-5002156

MSKB: 5002137, 5002156