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CVE-2023-36045

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-36045 is a Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft 365 Apps, Microsoft Office, and Microsoft Office Long Term Servicing Channel. Rated 7.8 HIGH, this vulnerability allows an unauthenticated attacker to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction. While not currently in CISA's KEV catalog and lacking public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.

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:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x64:*
2019CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2021CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*: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
0.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0098 is in the 55th 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 (8)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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 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 LTSC for Mac 2021Fixed in: 16.79.23111019
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2023-Nov/CVE-2023-36045Important

Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Nov 14, 2023

References

msrc.microsoft.com / update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2023-36045
PatchVendor Advisory