Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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

  - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute     unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-43256, CVE-2021-43875)

  - An elevation of privilege vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to gain elevated privileges.
    (CVE-2021-42293)

  - A session spoofing vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this to perform actions with the     privileges of another user. (CVE-2021-43255)

  - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive     information. (CVE-2021-42295)

The Microsoft Office product installed on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office Graphics.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
162020	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products C2R (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows	high
156254	Security Updates for Microsoft Office (December 2021) (macOS)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
156062	Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (December 2021)	Nessus	Windows : Microsoft Bulletins	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2021-43875

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Tenable Plugins

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