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CVE-2024-43616:
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Overview
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2024-43616) was disclosed on October 8, 2024. This vulnerability affects multiple Microsoft Office products including Microsoft 365 Apps Enterprise, Office 2019, Office LTSC 2021, and Office LTSC 2024 (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. The vulnerability is associated with CWE-426 (Untrusted Search Path) according to Microsoft Corporation's assessment (NVD).
Impact
If successfully exploited, this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute remote code with high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the affected system, as indicated by the CVSS scoring metrics (NVD).
Mitigation and workarounds
Microsoft has released security updates to address this vulnerability. Affected users should apply the appropriate patches through Microsoft's update mechanisms (Microsoft Security).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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