Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products C2R (October 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 208745

Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by the following:

- A remote code execution vulnerability.

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?b315068b

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

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43504

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 208745

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_oct_excel_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 10/11/2024

Updated: 10/14/2024

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-2024-43504

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:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-43504