CVE-2023-21716General(microsoft / office)

LOWCVSS 9.8 · CRITICAL

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

0.5/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-190

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

AVAILABLE

Momentum

NONE

Are you affected?

If you run products in this scope, you should treat this CVE as relevant to your environment.

  • office
  • office_long_term_servicing_channel
  • office_online_server
  • office_web_apps

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • General: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Affected systems

Vendors
Products
officeoffice_long_term_servicing_channeloffice_online_serveroffice_web_appssharepoint_enterprise_serversharepoint_foundationsharepoint_serverword

5 versions affected across 8 products

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-02-04: 102-04
Signal classification1 categories
General
1100.0%
Full discourse1 post
  • David@davidsheyi
    General

    3/ These groups often exploit vulnerabilities like the recently patched Microsoft Office bug (CVE-2023-21716) to gain initial access in their campaigns. #Ransomware #DarkWeb

    Post summary

    The text merely mentions a recently patched Microsoft Office vulnerability (CVE-2023-21716) that ransomware groups use for initial access, without providing further technical or exploit details.

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CPE platform detail12 entries

12 of 12 entries

PartVendorProductVersionTarget SWTarget HW
Appmicrosoftoffice2019macos-
Appmicrosoftoffice_long_term_servicing_channel2021macos-
Appmicrosoftoffice_online_server2016--
Appmicrosoftoffice_web_apps2013--
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_enterprise_server2013--
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_enterprise_server2016--
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_foundation2013--
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_server---
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_server---
Appmicrosoftsharepoint_server2019--
Appmicrosoftword2013--
Appmicrosoftword2013--

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