Attacker Value
High
(1 user assessed)
Exploitability
Moderate
(1 user assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
None
Attack Vector
Local
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CVE-2023-28285

Disclosure Date: April 11, 2023
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Description

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

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CVE-2023-28285

Vendor

Software

Description:

The attack itself is carried out locally by a user with authentication to the targeted system. An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by convincing a victim, through social engineering, to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which could lead to a local attack on the victim’s computer. The attacker can trick the victim to open a malicious web page by using a malicious Word file for Office-365 API. After the user will open the file to read it, from the API of Office-365, without being asked what it wants to activate, etc, he will activate the code of the malicious server, which he will inject himself, from this malicious server. Emedietly after this click, the attacker can receive very sensitive information! For bank accounts, logs from some sniff attacks, tracking of all the traffic of the victim without stopping, and more malicious stuff, it depends on the scenario and etc.

STATUS: HIGH Vulnerability

Exploit information:

The exploit server must be BROADCASTING when the victim opens the infected file!

Proof and Exploit

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Time spend:

01:30:00

CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.8 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.8
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Local
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
None
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Vendors

  • microsoft

Products

  • 365 apps -,
  • office 2019,
  • office long term servicing channel 2021

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