Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability for Word C2R (June 2020)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 162093

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are affected by security feature bypass vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products is missing a security update, and Therefore is affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker who exploited this vulnerability could cause a system to load remote images which could disclose the IP address of the targeted system to the attacker.

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: Medium

ID: 162093

File Name: smb_nt_ms20_jun_word_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 6/10/2022

Updated: 12/14/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

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-2020-1229

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: 6/9/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1229

IAVA: 2020-A-0255-S

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