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.
| 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:* | ||
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 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.