PT-2023-2400 · Microsoft · Office Publisher+2

Published 2023-04-11 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-28295

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Publisher (affected versions not specified) Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to insufficient input validation in Microsoft Publisher, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code. This could allow an attacker to run malicious code on the affected system.

Recommendations For Microsoft Publisher, update to a version that includes the fix for this issue. For Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise, apply the necessary security updates to resolve the issue. For Microsoft Office, ensure all security patches are applied to mitigate the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to potentially vulnerable components of the software until a patch is available.

Fix

RCE

Integer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-190

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-02185

CVE-2023-28295

Affected Products

365 Apps For Enterprise

Office

Office Publisher

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28295 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-28295 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-28295 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-28295 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-02185 · Security Note
• https://t.me/true_secator/4278 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/52553 · Telegram Post