Microsoft Excel up to LTSC 2021 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 SP1/2016/2019/LTSC 2021 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2023-33162. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel 365 Apps for Enterprise/2013 SP1/2016/2019/LTSC 2021 (Spreadsheet Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 07/11/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-33162. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

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: 5.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 5.5
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Unproven

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

05/17/2023 🔍
07/11/2023 +55 days 🔍
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07/28/2023 +17 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2023-33162 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-33162
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-233636

Entryinfo

Created: 07/11/2023 20:00
Updated: 07/28/2023 18:28
Changes: 07/11/2023 20:00 (10), 07/11/2023 20:01 (23), 07/11/2023 20:04 (21), 07/28/2023 18:21 (1), 07/28/2023 18:28 (11)
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