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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (June 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 177248

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

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

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002405
 -KB5002414

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002405

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002414

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 177248

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jun_excel.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/13/2023

Updated: 7/13/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33137

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/13/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-32029, CVE-2023-33133, CVE-2023-33137

IAVA: 2023-A-0292-S

MSFT: MS23-5002405, MS23-5002414

MSKB: 5002405, 5002414