cve-2023-21715
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-02-14 19:33
Modified
2025-02-04 16:10
Severity ?
7.3 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Summary
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
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CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-02-14

Due date: 2023-03-07

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715

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