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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (July 2023)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 178162

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a security feature bypass vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity of the system/application.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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:
-KB5002406
 -KB5002411

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002406

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002411

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 178162

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jul_word.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/11/2023

Updated: 8/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33150

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.6

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

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: 7/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33150

IAVA: 2023-A-0348-S

MSFT: MS23-5002406, MS23-5002411

MSKB: 5002406, 5002411