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Actively exploited in the wild

Microsoft Office Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Microsoft - Office · Listed in the CISA KEV since 2023-02-14. This indicates confirmed attacks in production environments.

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CVE-2023-21715

HighCVSS 7.3KEV
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Very high risk
12.01%

96th percentile - higher than 96% of all known CVEs

Summary

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability. Details are not provided in the description, but it allows an attacker to bypass security features.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass Publisher security, potentially facilitating other attacks such as malicious code execution.

Recommendation

It is recommended to apply patches released by Microsoft for Publisher.

Original NVD description (English source)

Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS