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Published advisory · CVE-2022-29109

CVE-2022-29109 - Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published 10 May 2022 Rocco Calvi

CVSS severity 7.8/ 10.0 · High AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability analysis

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Microsoft Excel. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of Excel files. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process.

Disclosure timeline

2022-05-10Coordinated public release of advisory

References

Microsoft Security Advisory