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CVE-2023-36041

55
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36041 is a Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft 365 Apps, Excel, and Office products. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code on a vulnerable system through user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code or active exploitation (not in KEV or Hot List), it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.

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:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*

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
56.73%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5673 is in the 99th 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 (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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 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 Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editionsFixed in: https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021Fixed in: 16.79.23111019
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5422.1000
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)Fixed in: 16.0.5422.1000
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Nov/CVE-2023-36041Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 14, 2023

References

talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2023-1835
ExploitThird Party Advisory
msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36041
PatchVendor Advisory