Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (August 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 163949

Synopsis

The Microsoft Excel Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

- 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-2022-33631)

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 the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002242
-KB5002232

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/5002242

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002232

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 163949

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_aug_excel.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 8/9/2022

Updated: 12/7/2022

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-33631

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:excel

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-33631

IAVA: 2022-A-0316-S, 2022-A-0317-S

MSFT: MS22-5002232, MS22-5002242

MSKB: 5002232, 5002242