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CVE-2021-31180:
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Overview
Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2021-31180) was disclosed in May 2021. This vulnerability affects multiple Microsoft Office products including Office 2013 SP1, Office 2016, Microsoft 365 Apps Enterprise, and Microsoft Word versions (Microsoft Support).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH) with the following vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Under CVSS v2.0, it received a base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM) with vector (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability could allow remote code execution if successfully exploited, potentially giving attackers the ability to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the current user (Microsoft Support).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft released security updates to address this vulnerability on May 11, 2021. Users are advised to apply the relevant security updates: KB4464542 for Office 2013 SP1 and KB5001919 for Word 2016. The updates are available through Microsoft Update, Microsoft Update Catalog, and Microsoft Download Center (Microsoft Support).
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