microsoft word CVE-2023-36884 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on July 11, 2023

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Windows Search Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Office and Windows HTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Microsoft Office and Windows contain an unspecified vulnerability that allows an attacker to perform remote code execution via a specially crafted Microsoft Office document.

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by August 7, 2023: Follow "CVE-2023-36884 Specific Recommendations" per vendor instructions. [https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2023/07/11/storm-0978-attacks-reveal-financial-and-espionage-motives/]

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2023-36884 is exploitable with network access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. It has an exploitability score of 1.6 out of four. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.


Products Associated with CVE-2023-36884

You can be notified by stack.watch whenever vulnerabilities like CVE-2023-36884 are published in these products:

Microsoft Word
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2012
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2016
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2019
 
Microsoft Windows Server 2022
 
Microsoft Office
 
Microsoft Windows 11
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1607
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1809
 
Microsoft Windows 10 21h2
 
Microsoft Windows 10 22h2
 
Microsoft Windows 11 21h2
 
Microsoft Windows 10 1507
 

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