Summary
Impact: Elevation of Privilege. 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.
What privileges could an attacker gain with a successful exploitation?
Due to default configurations, an unprivileged user could get Site Owner Permissions, allowing the attacker to use this vulnerability to inject arbitrary code into the server.
Security updates
16.0.20326.20190 — https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002927
Vulnerabilities 1
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High 8.8
Microsoft Office SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Incorrect authorization in Microsoft Office SharePoint allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges over a network.
Revision history
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References
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CVE-2026-102862 Microsoft Office SharePoint Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTML
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-102862
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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