Microsoft Office Visio access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office. It has been classified as critical. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Visio. The manipulation leads to Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2024-38016. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office (unknown version). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block of the component Visio. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a remote code execution vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at msrc.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38016 since 06/11/2024. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. 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 09/19/2024). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.9

VulDB Base Score: 6.3
VulDB Temp Score: 6.0
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CNA Base Score: 7.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

06/11/2024 🔍
09/19/2024 +100 days 🔍
09/19/2024 +0 days 🔍
03/09/2025 +171 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: msrc.microsoft.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2024-38016 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2024-38016
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-278171

Entryinfo

Created: 09/19/2024 21:05
Updated: 03/09/2025 20:01
Changes: 09/19/2024 21:05 (61), 09/20/2024 10:45 (2), 03/09/2025 20:01 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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