Content spoofing via undisclosed input validation
Published Aug 8, 2023 · Updated Aug 10, 2026
Spoofing in Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime allows attackers to compromise data integrity via unspecified vectors. Microsoft maps the issue to improper input validation but does not disclose the affected function, parser, or incorrect validation operation. Exploitation requires user interaction, and the published assessment bounds the consequence to confidentiality and integrity compromise without service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Spoofing in Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime allows attackers to compromise data integrity via unspecified vectors. Microsoft maps the issue to improper input validation but does not disclose the affected function, parser, or incorrect validation operation. Exploitation requires user interaction, and the published assessment bounds the consequence to confidentiality and integrity compromise without service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-36897
- Published
- Aug 8, 2023
- Updated
- Aug 10, 2026
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Visual Studio 2019
- Classifications
- CWE-20, T1204.002
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 8, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 10, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=16.11.0 <16.11.29
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