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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 210859

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2024-49031, CVE-2024-49032)

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 KB5002642 to address this issue.

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002642

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 210859

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_nov_office.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/12/2024

Updated: 11/12/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49031

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Patch Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/12/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49031, CVE-2024-49032

MSFT: MS24-5002642

MSKB: 5002642