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Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (September 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 164993

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by a remote code execution vulnerability.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, 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 the following security updates to address this issue:
-KB5002178
 -KB5002166

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/5002178

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002166

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 164993

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_sep_office.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/13/2022

Updated: 10/12/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-37962

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

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-37962

IAVA: 2022-A-0372-S

MSFT: MS22-5002166, MS22-5002178

MSKB: 5002166, 5002178