Security Updates for Microsoft Visio Products (February 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 190476

Synopsis

The Microsoft Visio Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Visio Products are missing a security update. They are, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

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 KB5002491 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002491

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 190476

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_feb_visio.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/13/2024

Updated: 9/13/2024

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-2024-20673

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:visio

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20673

IAVA: 2024-A-0094-S, 2024-A-0100-S

MSFT: MS24-5002491

MSKB: 5002491