CVE-2023-36762
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.3 High
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution 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
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
0.84%Up 0.8 points since Sep 13, 2023
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36762- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-40705
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-40705- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xrxr-87wr-8j4m
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xrxr-87wr-8j4m- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36762- CVSS 3.1
- 7.3 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft word
- microsoft 365 apps
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office 2019 for mac
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft office ltsc for mac 2021
- microsoft sharepoint enterprise server 2016
- microsoft word 2016
- microsoft office
- microsoft office long term servicing channel
- microsoft sharepoint server
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-2023-36762 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.3) in Microsoft Word, published September 12, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.84%, the 58th percentile. No source names a fixed version.