February 14, 2023 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2023-21715 — Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2023-02-14- Federal due date
2023-03-07- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Office
- EPSS
- 95.9th percentile (score 0.120, as of
2026-09-16) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- 7.3 (HIGH)
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- ATT&CK
- T1204.002 · signal rollup
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-21715
CISA short description
Microsoft Office Publisher contains a security feature bypass vulnerability that allows for a local, authenticated attack on a targeted system.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
NVD description
Microsoft Publisher Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability