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CVE-2026-97774: Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-10-13 · updated 2026-10-31
• Weakness: CWE-367

Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected products

• Microsoft 365 Apps: all versions
• Microsoft 365 Apps: from 16.0.1 before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases — fixed in https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft 365 Apps https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-97774

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