Security Updates for Microsoft Office Web Apps (June 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162198

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

- A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-30173)

- An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2022-30159, CVE-2022-30171, CVE-2022-30172)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Microsoft has released following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002210
-KB5002214

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002210

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002214

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162198

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_jun_office_web.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 6/14/2022

Updated: 10/20/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

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-2022-30173

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:office_online_server, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/14/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-30159, CVE-2022-30171, CVE-2022-30172, CVE-2022-30173

IAVA: 2022-A-0238-S, 2022-A-0239-S

MSFT: MS22-5002210, MS22-5002214

MSKB: 5002210, 5002214