cve-2023-36761
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2023-09-12 16:58
Modified
2025-01-01 02:04
Severity ?
6.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
References
secure@microsoft.comhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761Patch, Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 Version: 16.0.1   < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft Microsoft Word 2016 Version: 16.0.1   < 16.0.5413.1000
Microsoft Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 Version: 15.0.1   < 15.0.5589.1001
Microsoft Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 Version: 15.0.1   < 15.0.5589.1001
CISA Known exploited vulnerability
Data from the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Date added: 2023-09-12

Due date: 2023-10-03

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Used in ransomware: Unknown

Notes: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36761; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36761

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