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CVE-2022-41063:
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Overview
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-41063) was disclosed on November 8, 2022. This security vulnerability affects Microsoft Excel and Office Online Server installations (Microsoft Support).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.0 with the following vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating local access is required with medium attack complexity (Rapid7).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code on the affected system, potentially compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the system (CVE Mitre).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. The fixes are available through Microsoft Update, Microsoft Update Catalog, and Microsoft Download Center. For Office Online Server, the security update package build 16.0.10392.20000 is available through KB5002276 (Microsoft Support).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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