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CVE-2022-38049:
vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-38049) was disclosed on October 11, 2022. This vulnerability affects various Microsoft Office products including Microsoft 365 Apps Enterprise, Office 2019, and Office Long Term Servicing Channel 2021 (NVD).
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. This indicates that the vulnerability requires local access and user interaction, but no privileges, and can result in high impacts to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system, potentially gaining the same level of access as the compromised user (Rapid7).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the latest Office click-to-run upgrades to mitigate the risk (Rapid7).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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