CVE-2024-20673

high
Published 2024-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
VIR risk
7.8

Description

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secure@microsoft.com — https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20673

Mitigation details

Source: Microsoft Security Response Center · View original ↗ · proprietary-no-redistribution
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Affected

VendorProductVersion
microsoftWindows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1 (Server Core installation)
microsoftWindows Server 2008 R2 for x64-based Systems Service Pack 1
microsoftWindows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems Service Pack 2 (Server Core installation)
microsoftWindows Server 2012
microsoftWindows Server 2012 (Server Core installation)
microsoftWindows Server 2012 R2
microsoftWindows Server 2012 R2 (Server Core installation)
microsoftWindows 10 for 32-bit Systems
microsoftWindows 10 for x64-based Systems
microsoftMicrosoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Visio 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Visio 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Publisher 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Publisher 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Outlook 2016 (32-bit edition)
microsoftMicrosoft Outlook 2016 (64-bit edition)
microsoftSkype for Business 2016 (32-bit)
microsoftSkype for Business 2016 (64-bit)
microsoftWindows Server 2016
microsoftWindows 10 Version 1607 for 32-bit Systems
microsoftWindows 10 Version 1607 for x64-based Systems
microsoftWindows Server 2016 (Server Core installation)
microsoftWindows 10 Version 1809 for 32-bit Systems

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftexcel2016
windows microsoftoffice2016
windows microsoftoffice2019
windows microsoftoffice_long_term_servicing_channel2021
windows microsoftpowerpoint2016
windows microsoftpublisher2016
windows microsoftskype_for_business2016
windows microsoftvisio2016
windows microsoftword2016

References

CWEs

CWE-693

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.