CVE-2023-36897
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
MEDIUM
6.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 8, 2023 at 05:08 PM UTC
Updated: August 10, 2026 at 04:18 PM UTC
9 products affected across 1 vendorOffice365 AppsOffice 2021
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Severity
MEDIUM6.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
SSVC
No known exploit
Description
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
16.0.1 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases16.0.1
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
19.0.0 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases19.0.0
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
16.0.1 ≤ v < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases16.0.1
Affected range stops below https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
10.0.0 ≤ v < 10.0.6091010.0.0
Affected range stops below 10.0.60910, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 15.9.56, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 16.11.29, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.2.18, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.4.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 17.6.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (1)
Vendor AdvisoryPatch
Source: [email protected]
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36897SSVC — Action Prioritization
SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact
SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20NVD-CWE-noinfo
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