CVE-2023-28285Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 3.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft 365 MSO (Version 2305 Build 16.0.16501.20074) 64-bit - Remote Code Execution (RCE) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 51552remote, multiplepublished 3 Jul 2023Not verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By microsoft
- 29 days later
· 29 days later
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoftCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.0% · top 12% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
Microsoft · Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
- affected 16.0.0 – < 16.72.23040900
Microsoft · Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
- affected 16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft · Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021
- affected 16.0.1 – < 16.72.23040900
References
References3
- Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173140/Microsoft-365-MSO-2305-Build-16.0.16501.20074-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/173127/Microsoft-Office-Remote-Code-Execution.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-31992 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2023-28285)Record last updated .