Microsoft Alert
3039Warning Date
Severity Level
Warning Number
Target Sector
9 August, 2023
● Critical
2023-5720
All
Description:
Microsoft has released security updates to address several vulnerabilities in the following products:
- Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- Microsoft Excel 2013, 2016
- Microsoft Office 2013, 2016, 2019
- Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
- Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
- Microsoft PowerPoint 2013, 2016
- Microsoft Project 2013, 2016
- Microsoft Publisher 2013, 2016
- Microsoft Teams
- Microsoft Visio 2013, 2016
- Microsoft Word 2013, 2016
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, 2019, 2022
Threats:
An attacker could exploit these vulnerabilities by doing the following:
- Remote Code Execution
- Elevate Privileges
- Server Spoofing Vulnerability
Best practice and Recommendations:
The CERT team encourages users to review Microsoft security advisory and apply the necessary updates: