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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (August 2024)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 205462

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a spoofing vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by a spoofing vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this to gain access to sensitive data via a third party interaction.

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

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002570
 -KB5002625

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002570

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002625

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 205462

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_aug_office.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/13/2024

Updated: 9/27/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38200

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/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: 8/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/13/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38200

MSFT: MS24-5002570, MS24-5002625

MSKB: 5002570, 5002625