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Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (November 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 154982

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

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

 - A security feature bypass vulnerability exists. An attacker can exploit this and bypass the security feature and perform unauthorized actions compromising the integrity of the system/application.
 (CVE-2021-42292)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-40442)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002056
 -KB5002072

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002056

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002072

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 154982

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_nov_excel.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/9/2021

Updated: 4/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42292

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7.5

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2021

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 12/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40442, CVE-2021-42292

IAVA: 2021-A-0541-S

MSFT: MS21-5002056, MS21-5002072

MSKB: 5002056, 5002072