ADV230003 — Microsoft Office Defense in Depth Update

Executive Summary

Microsoft has released an update for Microsoft Office that provides enhanced security as a defense in depth measure.

Overview

Moderate

MS Severity

Exploited

MS Exploit Status

Exploitation Detected

MS Exploit Likelihood

Category Defense in Depth

Released Aug 8 2023

Last Updated Aug 8 2023

Publicly Disclosed Yes

CISA KEV Not Listed

Known Exploits None Known

EPSS Score

No EPSS score available for this CVE.

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Affected Products

39 affected products

Product	KB Article	Severity	Impact	Restart Required
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1	`5002451 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002451 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002451 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002463 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002463 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1	`5002439 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002439 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002439 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002465 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002465 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Office 2019 for 32-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft Office 2019 for 64-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 32-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 for 64-bit editions	`Click to Run (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	No
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1	`5002399 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002399 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002399 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)	`4504720 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)	`4504720 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Project 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`4484489 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Project 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`4484489 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Project 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002328 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Project 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002328 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002391 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002391 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Publisher 2013 Service Pack 1 RT	`5002391 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Publisher 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002462 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Publisher 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002462 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002417 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002417 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Visio 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002418 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Visio 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002418 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1	`5002445 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)	`5002445 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)	`5002445 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)	`5002464 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe
Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)	`5002464 (Security Update)`	Moderate	Defense in Depth	Maybe

Patches

15 patches

Article	Type	Restart
`Click to Run`	Security Update	No
`5002451`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002463`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002439`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002465`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002399`	Security Update	Maybe
`4504720`	Security Update	Maybe
`4484489`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002328`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002391`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002462`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002417`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002418`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002445`	Security Update	Maybe
`5002464`	Security Update	Maybe

Known Exploits

No known exploits have been linked for this CVE yet. When available, exploit references will be sourced from public repositories and may be unverified, incomplete, or non-functional. Always review code carefully before use in any environment.

Acknowledgments

Microsoft Threat Intelligence, Tom Lancaster, Paul Rascagneres, Vlad Stolyarov, Clement Lecigne and Bahare Sabouri of Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG)

References

MSRC Advisory MITRE NVD