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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products (September 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181292

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are affected by multiple vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Word Products are missing security updates. It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

 - An information disclosure vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to disclose potentially sensitive information. (CVE-2023-36761)

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. An attacker can exploit this to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands. (CVE-2023-36762)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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:
-KB5002483
 -KB5002497

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002483

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002497

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181292

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_sep_word.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 9/12/2023

Updated: 9/25/2023

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-36762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:microsoft:word

Required KB Items: SMB/MS_Bulletin_Checks/Possible

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/12/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/12/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/3/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-36761, CVE-2023-36762

IAVA: 2023-A-0481

MSFT: MS23-5002483, MS23-5002497

MSKB: 5002483, 5002497