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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (December 2024)

high Nessus Plugin ID 213524

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - Microsoft Office is affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49065)

 - Microsoft Office is affected by an elevation of privilege vulnerability. (CVE-2024-49059)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue 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?5931548c

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd4508ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 213524

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_dec_office_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 1/7/2025

Updated: 1/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-49059

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/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: 12/10/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-49059, CVE-2024-49065

IAVA: 2024-A-0813