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Security Updates for Microsoft Word Products C2R Multiple Vulnerabilities (September 2023)

high Nessus Plugin ID 181344

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Synopsis

The Microsoft Word Products are missing a security update.

Description

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

 - A remote code execution vulnerability. (CVE-2023-36762)

 - An information disclosure vulnerability. (CVE-2023-36761)

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues 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?fd4508ff

http://www.nessus.org/u?bb6f09ed

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 181344

File Name: smb_nt_ms23_sep_word_c2r.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 9/13/2023

Updated: 2/16/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

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-S