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Security Updates for Microsoft Publisher Products (September 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 206892

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Publisher Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Publisher Products are missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity of the system/application.
 (CVE-2024-38226)

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 KB5002566 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002566

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 206892

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_sep_publisher.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/10/2024

Updated: 9/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 8.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38226

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:publisher

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2024

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38226

MSFT: MS24-5002566

MSKB: 5002566