Security Updates for Microsoft Office Products (February 2024)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 190483

Synopsis

The Microsoft Office Products are affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities.

Description

The Microsoft Office Products are missing security updates. They are, therefore, affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities. An attacker can exploit these to bypass authentication and execute unauthorized arbitrary commands.

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:
-KB5002467
-KB5002469
-KB5002519
-KB5002522
-KB5002537

See Also

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002467

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002469

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002519

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002522

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002537

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 190483

File Name: smb_nt_ms24_feb_office.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: windows

Published: 2/13/2024

Updated: 4/11/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Critical

Score: 9.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 8.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-21413

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 2/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/13/2024

Exploitable With

Core Impact

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-20673, CVE-2024-21413

IAVA: 2024-A-0094, 2024-A-0095, 2024-A-0096-S, 2024-A-0097, 2024-A-0099, 2024-A-0100, 2024-A-0101

MSFT: MS24-5002467, MS24-5002469, MS24-5002519, MS24-5002522, MS24-5002537

MSKB: 5002467, 5002469, 5002519, 5002522, 5002537