Security Updates for Microsoft Office Online Server (September 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 207232

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by the following:

- An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
(CVE-2024-43465)

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 KB5002601 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/5002601

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 207232

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_sep_office_web.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/13/2024

Updated: 10/11/2024

Supported Sensors: 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-2024-43465

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:office_web_apps

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43465

IAVA: 2024-A-0562-S

MSKB: 5002601