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CVE-2022-22004

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-22004 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office ClickToRun and Microsoft 365 Apps. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but once exploited, it grants high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog or having public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. Despite its "Inactive" status on the Hot List, its potential for significant impact warrants attention.

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:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x64:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:x86:*

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
2.57%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0257 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 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 (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 32-bit editionsFixed in: 15.0.5415.xxxxxx
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Click-to-Run (C2R) for 64-bit editionsFixed in: 15.0.5415.xxxxxx
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

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Feb/CVE-2022-22004Important

Microsoft Office ClickToRun Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Feb 8, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22004