CVE-2024-38170
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
7.1 High
Microsoft Excel 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
- None
Exploit likelihood
0.78%Up 0.7 points since Aug 14, 2024
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
7.1
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38170- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2024-37141
7.1
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2024-37141- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhjv-p3gv-382p
7.1
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-xhjv-p3gv-382p- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-122
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
7.1
Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2024-38170- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-122
- 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-2024-38170 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.1) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published August 13, 2024. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.78%, the 56th percentile. No source names a fixed version.