CVE-2023-36765 is a critical Elevation of Privilege vulnerability affecting Microsoft Office products. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to gain full control over affected systems without user interaction. Despite its high severity and potential for complete compromise (confidentiality, integrity, and availability), there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, nor are public exploit codes available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage indicate some awareness, but it is not yet on the CISA KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2019CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.