CVE-2022-33631 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01981.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Excel Office Office Long Term Servicing Channel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::::*

No data.

No data.

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-36674	Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-33631

History

Thu, 05 Jun 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-693
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 02 Jan 2025 19:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::::x64:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::::x86:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016::::::x64: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016::::::x86:

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2022-08-09T19:49:40.000Z

Updated: 2025-06-05T18:48:17.454Z

Reserved: 2022-06-14T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-33631

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T08:09:21.145Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-09T20:15:09.977

Modified: 2025-06-05T19:15:24.277

Link: CVE-2022-33631

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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