CVE-2023-33161 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel, as well as Microsoft 365 Apps and Microsoft Office. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but successful exploitation could lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). While not currently listed in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has received some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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:* | ||
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* | ||
2021CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:macos:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.