High MSRC-CVE-2021-42296 1 CVE

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Nov 9, 2021 · Updated Nov 9, 2021

Vendor: Microsoft

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

Security updates
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates

Vulnerabilities 1

High 7.8

CVE-2021-42296

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Microsoft Office LTSC 2021

Nov 10, 2021

Revision history

2021-11-09 #1
Information published.

References

CVE-2021-42296 Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-42296
Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss