CVE-2021-36941 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2021-08-12

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 10.0% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft

Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.0`	affected	< 16.52.21080801

Microsoft

Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`16.0.1`	affected	< https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::macos::

No data.

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-23517	Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.10025.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-36941

History

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 22:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Microsoft 365 Apps Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-08-12T18:12:27.000Z

Updated: 2024-11-18T21:44:19.733Z

Reserved: 2021-07-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-36941

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T01:09:06.218Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-08-12T18:15:09.963

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:14:20.980

Link: CVE-2021-36941

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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