Microsoft Office on Android path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office on Android. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2023-23391. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office on Android (Office Suite Software) (version now known). It has been classified as problematic. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 03/14/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is available at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-23391. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.8

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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.5
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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Status: Unproven

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01/11/2023 🔍
03/14/2023 +62 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: portal.msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-23391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-23391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-223026
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20130704

Entryinfo

Created: 03/14/2023 20:55
Updated: 05/22/2026 22:09
Changes: 03/14/2023 20:55 (30), 03/14/2023 20:58 (24), 04/07/2023 15:04 (2), 04/07/2023 15:09 (11), 05/22/2026 22:09 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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