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Security Updates for Microsoft PowerPoint Products (September 2022)

high Nessus Plugin ID 165175

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Synopsis

The Microsoft PowerPoint Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2022-37962)

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

Solution

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

http://www.nessus.org/u?4b4423e2

http://www.nessus.org/u?fd4508ff

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 165175

File Name: smb_nt_ms22_sep_powerpoint_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/15/2022

Updated: 10/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus 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:powerpoint

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