Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (November 2021)

high Nessus Plugin ID 155000

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:

- 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)

- Two remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2021-40442, CVE-2021-41368)

Solution

Microsoft has released the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB4486670
-KB5002032
-KB5002038
-KB5002035

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4486670

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002032

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002035

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002038

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 155000

File Name: smb_nt_ms21_nov_office.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 11/9/2021

Updated: 4/1/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, 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:office

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-2021-41368, CVE-2021-42292

IAVA: 2021-A-0546-S

MSFT: MS21-4486670, MS21-5002032, MS21-5002035, MS21-5002038

MSKB: 4486670, 5002032, 5002035, 5002038