Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
view advisory published 2026-10-13
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-97774US | high7.0 | — | ||
Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally. | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- CVE-2026-97774 Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - CSAFself
- CVE-2026-97774 Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability - HTMLself
- Microsoft Support Lifecycleexternal
- Common Vulnerability Scoring Systemexternal
- Microsoft Exploitability Indexexternal
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remediations (2)
- FixedMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 32-bit Systems
https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates - FixedMicrosoft 365 Apps for Enterprise for 64-bit Systems
https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases:Security Update:https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates
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