Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (July 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162023

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the confidentiality and integrity of the system/application.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162023

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_jul_office_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/10/2022

Updated: 12/29/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-34469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.2

Temporal Score: 7.6

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-34469

IAVA: 2021-A-0316-S

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