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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (Oct 2023) (macOS)

high Nessus Plugin ID 182841

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability

Description

The version of Microsoft Office for Mac installed on the remote host is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the october-10-2023 advisory.

 - Microsoft Office Graphics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability (CVE-2023-36565)

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

Solution

Update to Office for Mac version 16.78 or later.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?ecb0cced

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 182841

File Name: macos_ms23_oct_office.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: macosx

Published: 10/10/2023

Updated: 11/16/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36565

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/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:office

Required KB Items: Host/MacOSX/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36565

IAVA: 2023-A-0549-S