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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (February 2024)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 190541

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities, as follows:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2024-21413)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2024-20673)

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

Solution

For Office 365, Office 2016 C2R, or Office 2019, ensure automatic updates are enabled or open any office app and manually perform an update.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd4508ff

http://www.nessus.org/u?69cbb54f

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 190541

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_feb_office_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 2/14/2024

Updated: 11/15/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21413

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20673, CVE-2024-21413

IAVA: 2024-A-0094-S, 2024-A-0095-S, 2024-A-0096-S, 2024-A-0097-S, 2024-A-0099-S, 2024-A-0100-S, 2024-A-0101-S