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Microsoft Office Protected View Disabled

high Nessus Plugin ID 123460

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Synopsis

A Microsoft Office application installed on the remote host has protected view disabled.

Description

A Microsoft Office application installed on the remote host has protected view disabled.

Solution

Enable protected view settings.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 123460

File Name: smb_nt_office_protected_view_check.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/28/2019

Updated: 6/9/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

CVSS Score Rationale: Tenable research analyzed the issue and assigned a score for it.

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: manual

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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