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CVE-2023-32029

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-32029 is a high-severity Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel and other Microsoft Office products, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a user's system. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and requires user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) for successful exploitation. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog, its high EPSS score and community discussion suggest a significant potential for future exploitation. There is no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, but it was addressed in Microsoft's June 2023 Patch Tuesday.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x64:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-:*:*:*:enterprise:*:x86:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.51%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5351 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (15)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit SystemsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit SystemsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for MacFixed in: 16.74.23061100
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021Fixed in: 16.74.23061100
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Online ServerFixed in: 16.0.10399.20000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5400.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5400.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1Fixed in: 15.0.5563.1000
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)Fixed in: 15.0.5563.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)Fixed in: 15.0.5563.1000
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-32029Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jun 13, 2023

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1730
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-32029
PatchVendor Advisory