CVE-2022-41060HighCVSS 5.5

Microsoft Word Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published
November 8, 2022
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2022-41060 →

📋 Description

What type of information could be disclosed by this vulnerability? The type of information that could be disclosed if an attacker successfully exploited this vulnerability is memory layout - the vulnerability allows an attacker to collect information that facilitates predicting addressing of the memory.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.

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

🎯 Affected products17

  • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
  • Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions
  • Microsoft Office Online Server
  • Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016
  • Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019
  • Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • SharePoint Server Subscription Edition Language Pack

✅ Remediation

KB5002291 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.15601.20238 KBClick to Run (Security Update) — fixed build https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases KB5002276 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.10392.20000 KB5002223 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.5369.1000 KB5002235 (Security Update) — fixed build 15.0.5501.1000 KB5002294 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.10392.20000 KB5002305 (Security Update) — fixed build 16.0.5369.1000 KB5002217 (Security Update) — fixed build 15.0.5501.1000 KB5002261 (Security Update) — fixed build 15.0.5501.1000

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