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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (March 2022)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 158705

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update.
It is, therefore, affected by the following vulnerability:

 - A Microsoft Office Word Tampering Vulnerability. (CVE-2022-24511)

Solution

Microsoft has released KB5002068 and 5002139 to address this issue.

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/5002068

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002139

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 158705

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_mar_word.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 3/8/2022

Updated: 11/6/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24462

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-24511

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/8/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/8/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-24462, CVE-2022-24511

IAVA: 2022-A-0107-S

MSFT: MS22-5002068, MS22-5002139

MSKB: 5002068, 5002139