CVE-2024-43616

Status: AnalyzedHigh (7.8)—

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS

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

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.77%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 54
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).

🎯 ATT&CK techniques

How this vulnerability is exploited and what the attacker gains, in MITRE ATT&CK terms.

ExploitationT1203 Exploitation for Client Executionexecution95 %
Primary impactT1059 Command and Scripting Interpreterexecution85 %
Secondary impactT1574.007 Path Interception by PATH Environment Variablestealth · execution75 %

AV:L + UI:R + código remoto en Office implica ejecución en cliente (T1203). CWE-426 (cadena de dependencias) sugiere DLL hijacking (T1574.007) como mecanismo secundario; impacto primario es ejecución de comandos (T1059).

Inferred by our analysis agent from the official description, CVSS vector and CWE, and checked by a supervisor. May contain errors.

🛡️ ATT&CK mitigations that cover these techniques

Execution Prevention Audit Restrict Web-Based Content Restrict File and Directory Permissions Privileged Account Management Limit Software Installation

Affected technologies (3)

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

CWEs

CWE-426
NVD-CWE-noinfo

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-43616

Raw JSON (NVD)

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