CVE-2021-38650
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
7.6 High
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
1.62%Up 1.2 points since Sep 16, 2021
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-38650- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25089
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-25089- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xf53-8jx3-gvcg
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xf53-8jx3-gvcg- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-38650- CVSS 3.1
- 7.6 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 3.5 Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38650 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Microsoft Office, published September 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.62%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.