CVE-2024-20673 | Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published: 2024-02-13 Last update: 2026-05-19 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-20673 is rated Moderate Risk (50.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.41%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-20673

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 2025-11-21 1.87% 0.41% -1.47%
2 2025-11-18 0.41% 1.87% +1.47%
3 2025-07-04 — 0.41% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-20673

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
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:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-20673

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-20673

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft excel 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft office 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:-:*:-:*:-:*
microsoft office 2019 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:*:*:*:click-to-run:*:*:*
microsoft office_long_term_servicing_channel 2021 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft powerpoint 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:powerpoint:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft publisher 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:publisher:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft skype_for_business 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:skype_for_business:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visio 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft word 2016 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:word:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-20673

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