Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (October 2022)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 166061

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a spoofing vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a spoofing vulnerability that can be exploited by an unauthenticated, remote 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: 166061

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_oct_office_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/12/2022

Updated: 10/9/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-38001

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 10/11/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-38001

IAVA: 2022-A-0412-S

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