PT-2024-6170 · Microsoft · Office Excel

Francesco Benvenuto · Published 2024-04-16 · Updated 2025-08-22 · CVE-2024-43106

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.1

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Excel version 16.83 for macOS

Description The issue is related to a library injection vulnerability in Microsoft Excel for macOS. This vulnerability can be exploited by a specially crafted library, allowing an attacker to leverage Excel's access privileges and bypass permissions. A malicious application could inject a library and start the program to trigger this vulnerability, then make use of the vulnerable application's permissions.

Recommendations For Microsoft Excel version 16.83, consider restricting access to the application until a patch is available, as a temporary workaround to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-347

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-07090

CVE-2024-43106

Affected Products

Office Excel

References · 12

• 🔥 https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2024-1976 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-43106 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-07090 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/13273 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1869515626907377800 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/true_secator/6115 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1869629542815412592 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cveNotify/133243 · Telegram Post
• https://blog.talosintelligence.com/how-multiple-vulnerabilities-in-microsoft-apps-for-macos-pave-the-way-to-stealing-permissions · Note
• https://t.me/echeloneyes/3074 · Telegram Post
• https://feedly.com/cve/CVE-2024-43106 · Note