CVE-2023-21715

HIGHCVSS 7.3Known Exploited

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/en-US/vulnerability/CVE-2023-21715; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715

Remediation deadline: March 7, 2023

Description

Microsoft Office Publisher contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows for a local, authenticated attack on a targeted system.

Timeline

Published:February 14th, 2023 8:15 PM

Last modified:August 19th, 2026 5:18 PM

Added to KEV:February 14th, 2023

CVSS Scoring

CVSS v3: 7.3 (HIGH)

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

Affected Software

From NVD CPE configuration data

Vendors

microsoft

Products

365_apps

Weaknesses (CWE)

References & Reports

Advisories, patches, and third-party reports

Source: NIST NVD · Data may lag official sources by up to one minute