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CVE-2022-38010:
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Overview
Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-38010) was disclosed on August 8, 2022. This vulnerability affects multiple Microsoft products including Microsoft 365 Apps Enterprise (x64 and x86), Microsoft Office 2019, Microsoft Office LTSC 2021, and Microsoft Visio versions 2013 SP1 and 2016 (MITRE CVE, NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0, indicating a high severity level. The attack vector is local (AV:L) with medium attack complexity (AC:M), requiring no authentication (Au:N), and potentially impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability completely (C:C/I:C/A:C) (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected systems, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (MITRE CVE).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through KB5002016 for affected versions of Microsoft Visio and other impacted products (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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