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High MSRC-CVE-2022-21841 1 CVE

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Jan 11, 2022 · Updated Jan 13, 2022 · Revision 2

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.

Are the updates for the Microsoft Office for Mac currently available?
The security update for Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac and Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021 are not immediately available. The updates will be released as soon as possible, and when they are available, customers will be notified via a revision to this CVE information.

Security updates
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates
16.57.22011101 — https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049
16.0.5266.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002116
15.0.5415.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002119

Vulnerabilities 1

Revision history

  1. #2

    Microsoft is announcing the availability of the security updates for Microsoft Office for Mac. Customers running affected Mac software should install the update for their product to be protected from this vulnerability. Customers running other Microsoft Office software do not need to take any action. See the [Release Notes](https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049) for more information and download links.

  2. #1

    Information published.

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