CVE-2023-36897
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36897- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2023-40817
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2023-40817- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:P/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-8w7q-cfxq-v32g
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-8w7q-cfxq-v32g- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2023-36897- CVSS 3.1
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- microsoft office
- microsoft 365 apps
- microsoft 365 apps for enterprise
- microsoft office 2019
- microsoft office ltsc 2021
- microsoft visual studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
- microsoft visual studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.2
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.4
- microsoft visual studio 2022 version 17.6
- microsoft office long term servicing channel
- microsoft visual studio 2010 tools for office runtime
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-2023-36897 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Microsoft Office, published August 8, 2023. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.68%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.