Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.
Details
What privileges could be gained by an attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability?
An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could gain SYSTEM privileges.
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
There are multiple update packages available for some of the affected software. Do I need to install all the updates listed in the Security Updates table for the software?
Yes. Customers should apply all updates offered for the software installed on their systems. If multiple updates apply, they can be installed in any order.
Security updates
16.0.5478.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002661
16.0.5478.1004 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/4475587
16.0.5478.1004 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2920716
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 7.8
Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Revision history
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#2
In the Security Updates Table, removed KB2920716 from the Office 2016 for 32-bit version as this update does not apply to this version.
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#1
Information published.
References
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CVE-2024-43600 Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43600
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Microsoft Exploitability Index
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/msrc/exploitability-index?rtc=1
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Microsoft Support Lifecycle
https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle
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Common Vulnerability Scoring System
https://www.first.org/cvss