7.8High

CVE-2023-28295Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019; Microsoft Microsoft Publisher 2016; Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021; Microsoft Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 Published: 2023-06-17 03:29 (3 years ago)

Description

Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Weakness (CWE): CWE-190

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	365 apps	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019	19.0.0 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC 2021	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1	15.0.0 – < 15.0.5545.1000
Microsoft	Microsoft Publisher 2016	16.0.0 – < 16.0.5391.1000
microsoft	office	19.0.0 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoft	office long term servicing channel	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
microsoft	publisher	16.0.0 – < 16.0.5391.1000

References and patches

Microsoft Publisher Remote Code Execution Vulnerability vendor-advisory

CVSS score

7.8High

Source: microsoft · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

0.74%

higher than 55% of all CVEs

CISA assessment (SSVC)

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total

Timeline

ID reserved2023-03-13
Published2023-06-17 03:29
Reached IP-DB2026-10-24 23:53
Last updated2025-03-01 00:08

Assigned by (CNA): microsoft

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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