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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Online Server (August 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179615

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - Microsoft Office is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2023-35371)

 - Microsoft Excel is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2023-36896)

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 KB5002435 to address this issue.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?690c7975

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179615

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_aug_office_web.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/9/2023

Updated: 4/8/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36896

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-35371, CVE-2023-36896

IAVA: 2023-A-0405-S, 2023-A-0419-S

MSKB: 5002435