CVE-2022-24462
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
5.5 Medium
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
2.02%Up 1.1 points since Mar 10, 2022
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-24462- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-29344
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2022-29344- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-85p5-q2pf-xrcr
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
- Record
GHSA-85p5-q2pf-xrcr- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Word Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2022-24462- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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-2022-24462 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published March 9, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.02%, the 81st percentile. No source names a fixed version.