VDB-253592 · CVE-2024-20673 · GCVE-0-2024-20673

Microsoft Excel/Office/PowerPoint/Publisher/Visio/Word/Skype protection mechanism

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, Word and Skype. This impacts an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-20673. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Excel, Office, PowerPoint, Publisher, Visio, Word and Skype (Spreadsheet Software). It has been rated as critical. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-693. The product does not use or incorrectly uses a protection mechanism that provides sufficient defense against directed attacks against the product. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 02/13/2024 as confirmed security guidance (Website). The advisory is shared for download at portal.msrc.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2024-20673. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/19/2026).

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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Productinfo

Type

Spreadsheet Software

Vendor

Microsoft

Name

License

commercial

Website

Vendor: https://www.microsoft.com/

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.5
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

Vendor Base Score (Microsoft): 7.8
Vendor Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

CNA Base Score: 7.8
CNA Vector (Microsoft): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Protection mechanism
CWE: CWE-693
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Unproven

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
Status: 🔍

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Timelineinfo

11/28/2023 🔍
02/13/2024 +77 days 🔍
02/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
02/13/2024 +0 days 🔍
05/19/2026 +826 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

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

CVE: CVE-2024-20673 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-20673
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-253592
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20140918

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2024 19:24
Updated: 05/19/2026 23:44
Changes: 02/13/2024 19:24 (30), 02/13/2024 19:28 (23), 03/04/2024 09:41 (1), 03/04/2024 09:44 (11), 05/19/2026 23:44 (17)
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