CVE-2023-36897

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability

CVSS v3 8.1 HIGH

8.1^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.2

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36897	Patch Vendor Advisory
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36897	Patch Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019::::::x86:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x86:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2010_tools_for_office_runtime:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::-::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::-::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2022::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-08-08 18:15

Updated : 2026-08-10 16:18

NVD link : CVE-2023-36897

Mitre link : CVE-2023-36897

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-36897

JSON object : View

Products Affected

microsoft

office
office_long_term_servicing_channel
visual_studio_2022
visual_studio_2017
365_apps
visual_studio_2019
visual_studio_2010_tools_for_office_runtime

CWE

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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