Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (June 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150356

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

- Microsoft Excel remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-31939)

- Microsoft Office Graphics remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-31940, CVE-2021-31941) 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 the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5001950
-KB5001951
-KB5001953
-KB5001955 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

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5001950

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5001951

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5001953

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5001955

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150356

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_jun_office.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/8/2021

Updated: 12/27/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31949

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:F/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-31941

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-31939, CVE-2021-31940, CVE-2021-31941, CVE-2021-31949

IAVA: 2021-A-0275-S

MSFT: MS21-5001950, MS21-5001951, MS21-5001953, MS21-5001955

MSKB: 5001950, 5001951, 5001953, 5001955