Security Updates for Microsoft Excel Products (July 2023)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 178171

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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 an information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information.

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:
-KB5002434
-KB5002426

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 178171

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_jul_excel.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows : Microsoft Bulletins

Published: 7/11/2023

Updated: 8/11/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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: 7/11/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/11/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33162

IAVA: 2023-A-0341-S

MSFT: MS23-5002426, MS23-5002434

MSKB: 5002426, 5002434

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