CVE-2022-44696HighCVSS 7.8

Microsoft Office Visio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published
December 13, 2022
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

📋 Description

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution? The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally. The vulnerable endpoint is only available over the local VM interface as all external communication is blocked. This means an attacker needs to execute code from the local machine to exploit the vulnerability.

According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do? A user would need to be tricked into opening a malicious file in Visio.

🎯 Affected products6

  • 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

✅ Remediation

KBClick to Run (Security Update) — fixed build https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

🔗 References (2)