CVE-2019-1109

A spoofing vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office Javascript does not check the validity of the web page making a request to Office documents.An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could read or write information in Office documents.The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting the way that Microsoft Office Javascript verifies trusted web pages., aka 'Microsoft Office Spoofing Vulnerability'.

Published: 2019-07-15 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-1109 is rated Moderate Risk (64.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.24%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1109

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 7.97% 4.24% -3.73%
2 2025-06-26 10.43% 7.97% -2.46%
3 2025-06-11 10.43%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-1109

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.1 3.0 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 5.2 [email protected]
6.4 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-1109

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-1109

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft office 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2013 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:*
microsoft office 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2019 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office_365 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_365:-:*:*:*:proplus:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-1109

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