Microsoft Office Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

published 2024-12-10 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-43925

cvss: 7.0; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits: 0; none known

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016 16.0.5478.1004

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49059 advisory

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-07)

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
CNA	3.1	7.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2021
Microsoft Microsoft Office LTSC 2024

Classification

Weakness

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

msrc.microsoft.com /update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-49059
vendor-advisory, patch

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-49059
NVD CVE-2024-49059

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Summary