Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (November 2020)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162068

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft office Product is missing security updates.

- Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2020-17062)

- Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2020-17019, CVE-2020-17065, CVE-2020-17066. (CVE-2020-17064)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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: 162068

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_nov_office_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/10/2022

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17062

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-17064

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: 11/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/10/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-17062, CVE-2020-17064

IAVA: 2020-A-0516-S

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