Security feature bypass
Published Nov 12, 2024 · Updated Jul 8, 2025
Improper input validation in Microsoft Word allows remote attackers to bypass an unspecified security feature after required user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected parser or validation operation, the crafted input format, or the security boundary that is bypassed. Exploitation requires no prior privileges but requires the target to process attacker-supplied content; the resulting effects are not described.
Summary
What happened
Improper input validation in Microsoft Word allows remote attackers to bypass an unspecified security feature after required user interaction. Microsoft has not published the affected parser or validation operation, the crafted input format, or the security boundary that is bypassed. Exploitation requires no prior privileges but requires the target to process attacker-supplied content; the resulting effects are not described.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-49033
- Published
- Nov 12, 2024
- Updated
- Jul 8, 2025
- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2024
- Classifications
- CWE-20
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 12, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 8, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <16.91.24111020
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