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Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE-2022-21842 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Office Word (rated Important, CVSS 7.8).

1 version

Facts

Microsoft id
CVE-2022-21842
Products
Microsoft Office Word
Severity
Important
Impact
Remote Code Execution
CVSS
7.8
CVSS vector
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
Exploited
No
Publicly disclosed
No
Exploitability
Exploitation Less Likely
Customer action required
Yes
Release
2022-Jan
Assigned by
Microsoft
MSRC revision
1.0
Status pages
Microsoft 365 apps status
First captured by us
(from our first import of this list)
Microsoft last modified
Source
Security updates · open the original at Microsoft

Microsoft's revision notes

  1. Revision 1.0, 2022-01-11: Information published.

Microsoft says

Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability? No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Security updates,

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