Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
A flaw in supported Microsoft Office products could let an attacker run code after convincing a user to interact with malicious content. Successful exploitation could compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The supplied evidence rates it high severity, but indicates high attack complexity and required user interaction.
Executive priority
Treat as a high-priority patching issue, especially where employees routinely receive external Office content. Confirm exposure and deploy Microsoft’s applicable update promptly. Emergency response is not supported by the supplied exploitation evidence, but delayed remediation leaves potentially severe endpoint compromise risk.
Technical view
CVE-2024-30101 is a Microsoft Office remote-code-execution vulnerability categorized as CWE-416, use after free. CVSS 3.1 is 7.5: network-reachable, high complexity, no privileges required, user interaction required, unchanged scope, and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Likely exposure
Potential exposure includes Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1, Office 2016 16.0.0, Office 2019 19.0.0, and Office LTSC 2021 16.0.1, as listed in the bundle. Exact affected builds and configurations are not provided; confirm them against Microsoft’s advisory.
Exploitation context
The bundle does not identify active exploitation, and CVE-2024-30101 is not listed as KEV in the supplied data. The CVSS vector reports unproven exploit maturity, high attack complexity, and required user interaction. This reduces likelihood but does not limit the potential impact of successful exploitation.
Researcher notes
The supplied material identifies CWE-416 but provides no vulnerable component, trigger mechanism, affected build ranges, or attack-path detail. Avoid inferring exploitation through a particular Office application or feature. Researchers should use Microsoft’s advisory and CVE record to validate product applicability and remediation status without assuming active exploitation.
Mitigation direction
- Review Microsoft’s CVE advisory for applicable security updates and deployment requirements.
- Patch affected Microsoft Office installations using the vendor-provided update.
- Prioritize systems processing Office content from external or untrusted sources.
- Use existing email and content controls to reduce delivery of suspicious Office files.
Validation and detection
- Inventory installations of the four listed Microsoft Office product families.
- Compare installed builds and update status with Microsoft’s CVE advisory.
- Verify the applicable security update installed successfully across managed endpoints.
- Investigate update failures and unmanaged devices that may retain affected Office versions.
Public sources used
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.5 (3.1)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C1.65.9microsoftVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 3.1 score
7.5HighVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution VulnerabilityCVE reference, microsoft · vendor-advisory, patch
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Use After Free
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