PT-2023-6975 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Nathan Shomber · Published 2023-11-14 · Updated 2023-11-20 · CVE-2023-36037

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 is related to a security feature bypass in Microsoft Excel, which can be exploited by opening a specially crafted malicious file. This allows an attacker to bypass security restrictions and potentially elevate their privileges.

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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2023-07994

CVE-2023-36037

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-36037 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://safe-surf.ru/specialists/bulletins-nkcki/701052 · Security Note
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/advisory/CVE-2023-36037 · Vendor Advisory
• https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36037 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36037 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2023-07994 · Security Note
• https://cybersecurity-help.cz/vdb/SB2023111502 · Note
• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1835 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1724491753485406232 · Twitter Post