CVE-2023-33148

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.8)—💥 Exploit

Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 2.06%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 81
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Office 365 Version 18.2305.1222.0 - Elevation of Privilege + RCE. (7/20/2023)

Affected technologies (3)

Microsoft — 365 Apps Microsoft — Office Microsoft — Office Long Term Servicing Channel

CWEs

CWE-59
NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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