Security Updates for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (August 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 179836

Synopsis

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central install is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central install is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by an escalation of privilege vulnerability. This vulnerability requires that the attacker already has high privileges to a security group on the tenet.

Note that Nessus has not attempted to exploit this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central to 22.4 for 2023 Release Wave 1, or later.

See Also

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-38167

http://www.nessus.org/u?a4791af2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 179836

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_aug_microsoft_dynamics_365_bc.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/15/2023

Updated: 9/15/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.3

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/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:dynamics_365

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Server

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-38167

IAVA: 2023-A-0407-S

MSFT: MS22-5029765

MSKB: 5029765