CVE-2023-36568 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity High

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.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Office Office Long Term Servicing Channel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36568

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'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2023-10-10T17:07:59.738Z

Updated: 2025-04-14T22:46:30.982Z

Reserved: 2023-06-23T20:11:38.790Z

Link: CVE-2023-36568

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T16:52:53.636Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-10-10T18:15:13.323

Modified: 2024-11-21T08:09:57.340

Link: CVE-2023-36568

Redhat

No data.

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