Microsoft Visual Studio/Office/365 Apps for Enterprise input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Microsoft Visual Studio, Office and 365 Apps for Enterprise. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2023-36897. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Visual Studio, Office and 365 Apps for Enterprise (Programming Tool Software) (affected version not known). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 08/08/2023 as confirmed security guidance (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-36897. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 09/02/2023).

It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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: 7.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.7
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Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 8.1
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NVD Base Score: 6.5
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CNA Base Score: 8.1
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Timelineinfo

06/27/2023 🔍
08/08/2023 +42 days 🔍
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05/19/2026 +1015 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2023-36897 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-36897
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-236567

Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2023 21:02
Updated: 05/19/2026 23:44
Changes: 08/08/2023 21:02 (31), 08/08/2023 21:06 (22), 09/02/2023 09:11 (1), 09/02/2023 09:13 (19), 05/19/2026 23:44 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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