CVE-2023-36897

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Published 2023-08-08 · Modified 2026-05-19

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
microsoft	365_apps	`-`
microsoft	office	`2019`
microsoft	office_long_term_servicing_channel	`2021`
microsoft	visual_studio_2010_tools_for_office_runtime	`-`
microsoft	visual_studio_2017	`{"startIncluding":"15.0","endExcluding":"15.9.56"}`	`15.9.56`
microsoft	visual_studio_2019	`{"startIncluding":"16.0","endExcluding":"16.11.29"}`	`16.11.29`
microsoft	visual_studio_2022	`{"startIncluding":"17.2.0","endExcluding":"17.2.18"}`	`17.2.18`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.