CVE-2023-36565: Microsoft Office Graphics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Overview

Severity

High (CVSS 7)

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Category

Elevation of Privilege

Exploit Status

Not Exploited

Exploitation Likelihood

Less Likely

Patch Tuesday

2023-Oct

Released

2023-10-10

EPSS Score

0.09% (percentile: 26.3%)

FAQ

According to the CVSS metric, the attack complexity is high (AC:H). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Successful exploitation of this vulnerability requires an attacker to win a race condition. According to the CVSS metric, privileges required is low (PR:L). What does that mean for this vulnerability? Any authenticated user could trigger this vulnerability. It does not require admin or other elevated privileges. What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability? An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain administrator privileges.

Affected Products (4)

Microsoft Office

• Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
• Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
• Microsoft Office for Android
• Microsoft Office for Universal

Security Updates (3)

• Release Notes
• Release Notes
• Release Notes

Acknowledgments

jackery

Revision History

• 2023-10-10: Information published.