Security Updates for Microsoft Office Web Apps (April 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 162669

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update.

Description

The Microsoft Office Web Apps installation on the remote host is missing a security update. It is, therefore, affected by a remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

Solution

Microsoft has released following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002162
-KB5002169

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002162

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002169

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 162669

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_apr_office_web.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 7/1/2022

Updated: 10/19/2023

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-2022-26901

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_web_apps, cpe:/a:microsoft:office_online_server

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/12/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-26901

IAVA: 2022-A-0140-S, 2022-A-0144-S

MSFT: MS22-5002162, MS22-5002169

MSKB: 5002162, 5002169