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CVE-2022-44692:
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Overview
Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2022-44692) is a security flaw specifically affecting Microsoft Excel. The vulnerability was reported to Microsoft on August 23, 2022, and was later publicly disclosed on April 24, 2023 (ZDI Advisory).
Technical details
The vulnerability exists within the parsing of 3MF files in Microsoft Excel. The specific issue stems from the lack of validation when checking the existence of an object prior to performing operations on it, resulting in a Use-After-Free condition. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H) (ZDI Advisory).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Excel. The code execution occurs in the context of the current process (ZDI Advisory).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released a security update to address this vulnerability. Users are advised to apply the available patches through Microsoft's official update channels (ZDI Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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