Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-20673
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-02-13 18:15:47 UTC
Updated2026-05-19 18:38:59 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.004080000 probability, percentile 0.613060000 (date 2026-05-26)

Problem Types: CWE-693 | NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-693 CWE-693: Protection Mechanism Failure

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNACVSS7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Excel 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Office 2016 All - All
Application Microsoft Office 2019 All All All
Application Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel 2021 All All All
Application Microsoft Powerpoint 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Publisher 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Skype For Business 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Word 2016 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 affected 19.0.0 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 affected 16.0.1 https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases custom x64-based Systems, 32-bit Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Excel 2016 affected 16.0.0.0 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 affected 16.0.0 16.0.5435.1001 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 affected 16.0.0 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Visio 2016 affected 16.0.1 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Word 2016 affected 16.0.1 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Microsoft Publisher 2016 affected 16.0.0 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems
CNA Microsoft Skype For Business 2016 affected 16.0.5435.1000 custom 32-bit Systems, x64-based Systems

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20673 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 110458 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability for February 2024
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