Code execution after user interaction
Published Sep 13, 2022 · Updated Mar 11, 2025
Remote code execution in Microsoft PowerPoint across affected Office releases allows attackers to execute code through a crafted file. Microsoft has not published the affected parser, object type, or unsafe operation performed on attacker-controlled presentation data. The victim must open the file, and resulting code runs in the victim's security context.
Summary
What happened
Remote code execution in Microsoft PowerPoint across affected Office releases allows attackers to execute code through a crafted file. Microsoft has not published the affected parser, object type, or unsafe operation performed on attacker-controlled presentation data. The victim must open the file, and resulting code runs in the victim's security context.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-37962
- Published
- Sep 13, 2022
- Updated
- Mar 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Classifications
- T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 13, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.5361.1000
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