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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (December 2023)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 186780
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Synopsis
The Microsoft Word Products are affected by an information disclosure vulnerability.Description
The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information.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 KB5002520 to address this issue.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 186780
File Name: smb_nt_ms23_dec_word.nasl
Version: 1.3
Type: local
Agent: windows
Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins
Published: 12/12/2023
Updated: 1/12/2024
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.6
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.9
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36009
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.5
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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: 12/12/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-36009