CVE-2023-36765 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Published: 2023-09-12

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

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

affected

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

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-2023-40708	Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00102.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36765

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

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

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-269

Subscriptions

Microsoft Office

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-09-12T16:58:29.228Z

Updated: 2025-10-30T18:17:55.969Z

Reserved: 2023-06-27T15:11:59.868Z

Link: CVE-2023-36765

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T17:01:07.864Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-09-12T17:15:12.800

Modified: 2025-02-28T21:15:27.113

Link: CVE-2023-36765

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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