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CVE-2023-36765: Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2023-09-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-269

Description

Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

Affected products

• Microsoft Office: 2019
• Microsoft Office: from 19.0.0 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Office https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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

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