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CVE-2023-36565: Microsoft Office Graphics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-10-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-416

Description

Microsoft Office Graphics Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft 365 Copilot: before 16.0.16827.20138 — fixed in 16.0.16827.20138
• Microsoft Office: before 16.0.14326.21606; 2019 — fixed in 16.0.14326.21606
• Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: 2021
• Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac: from 16.0.0 before 16.78.23100802 — fixed in 16.78.23100802
• Microsoft Office for Android: from 16.0.1 before 16.0.16827.20138 — fixed in 16.0.16827.20138
• Microsoft Office for Universal: from 16.0.1 before 16.0.14326.21606 — fixed in 16.0.14326.21606
• Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021: from 16.0.1 before 16.78.23100802 — fixed in 16.78.23100802

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Copilot 16.0.16827.20138; Microsoft Office 16.0.14326.21606; Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac 16.78.23100802; Microsoft Office for Android 16.0.16827.20138; Microsoft Office for Universal 16.0.14326.21606; Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 16.78.23100802. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36565
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36565

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