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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products C2R (November 2020)

low Nessus Plugin ID 162058

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Word installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an unspecified remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this vulnerability by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted Office file.

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.

See Also

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 162058

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_nov_word_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/10/2022

Updated: 1/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17020

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17020

IAVA: 2020-A-0563-S