PT-2023-4302 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Published 2023-08-08 · Updated 2024-05-29 · CVE-2023-36896

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 Excel (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue in Microsoft Excel is related to insufficient input validation, which can allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. This can be exploited by a remote attacker to impact the system. There is no information provided about the estimated number of potentially affected devices worldwide or 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.

RCE

Heap Based Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

CWE-122

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-04623

CVE-2023-36896

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 11

• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36896 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-04623 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36896 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36896 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/A_zs_Blog/status/1689151997730312192 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/68022 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1689198230003736576 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/56216 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1688971787852488704 · Twitter Post
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023080882 · Note