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CVE-2023-21716:
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Overview
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2023-21716) was disclosed on February 14, 2023. This vulnerability affects various Microsoft Office products including Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021, Office Online Server 2016, Office Web Apps 2013 SP1, and multiple SharePoint Enterprise Server versions (NVD).
Technical details
The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 CRITICAL with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. Microsoft has identified this as an Integer Overflow or Wraparound vulnerability (CWE-190) (NVD).
Impact
This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve remote code execution with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected systems. The critical CVSS score of 9.8 indicates severe potential consequences if exploited (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Users should apply the available patches through Microsoft's standard update channels (Microsoft Advisory).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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