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CVE-2022-37962

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-37962 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability in Microsoft PowerPoint, affecting Microsoft 365 Apps, Office, and Office Long Term Servicing Channel. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it was reportedly exploited as a zero-day and patched in September 2022. Despite this, there are no public exploit modules (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and limited community discussion or media coverage beyond its initial patch.

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:sp1:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office: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
1.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0123 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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 (13)

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: 16.65.22091101
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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 for Mac 2021Fixed in: 16.65.22091101
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5361.1000
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5361.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1Fixed in: 15.0.5485.1000
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)Fixed in: 15.0.5485.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)Fixed in: 15.0.5485.1000
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2022-Sep/CVE-2022-37962Important

Microsoft PowerPoint Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Sep 13, 2022

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-37962