PT-2022-4109 · Microsoft · Office Excel

CVE-2022-33631 · Published 2022-08-09 · Updated 2025-06-05

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.3

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to a security feature bypass in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited to circumvent existing security restrictions. This allows an attacker to affect the system. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or details about real-world incidents where this issue was exploited.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Protection Mechanism Failure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-693

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2022-04948

CVE-2022-33631

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 8

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33631 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2022-04948 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33631 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-33631 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33631 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-33631 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/124800 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/34614 · Telegram Post