Code execution via undisclosed document processing flaw
Published Oct 11, 2022 · Updated Jan 2, 2025
Remote code execution in Microsoft Word in affected Microsoft Office editions allows attackers to execute code via a crafted document. Microsoft identifies Word as the affected component but has not published the file format, parser locus, or incorrect operation involved. Exploitation requires user interaction with attacker-supplied content and runs code in the context of the affected Office process.
Summary
What happened
Remote code execution in Microsoft Word in affected Microsoft Office editions allows attackers to execute code via a crafted document. Microsoft identifies Word as the affected component but has not published the file format, parser locus, or incorrect operation involved. Exploitation requires user interaction with attacker-supplied content and runs code in the context of the affected Office process.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-38048
- Published
- Oct 11, 2022
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Office 2016
- Classifications
- T1204.002
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 11, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 2, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.0.0 <16.0.5365.1000
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