CVE-2022-41104
📛 CVE Title
Microsoft Office: CVE-2022-41104: Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Description
Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability.
Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org
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Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Overview
- State
- —
- Assigner (CNA)
- —
- CVSS severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS score
- 5.0 / 10
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N- Effective score
- 5.0 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview
- MSRC score
- 5.5 / 10 MEDIUM MS rating: Important · Security Feature Bypass
- CWE(s)
- —
- Reserved
- —
- Published
- 2022-11-08 00:00 UTC
- Last updated
- 2026-02-18 03:08 UTC
- Source
- https://www.rapid7.com/db/vulnerabilities/microsoft-office-cve-2022-41104/
NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0
Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.
- NVD published
- 2022-11-09 22:15:23 UTC
- NVD last modified
- 2026-06-17 05:02:36 UTC
- NVD CVSS v3.1
- 5.5 / 10 MEDIUM source: secure@microsoft.com
- NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Exploitability subscore
- 1.8 / 10
- Impact subscore
- 3.6 / 10
- EPSS score
- 0.0075 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
- EPSS percentile
- 51.00% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-07-27
NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-07-28 01:25 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.
European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD
ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.
- EUVD ID
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EUVD-2022-44347 - Assigner
- microsoft
- Published
- Nov 9, 2022, 12:00:00 AM
- Updated
- Jan 2, 2025, 9:31:48 PM
- EUVD base score (CVSS 3.1)
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5.5 / 10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - EUVD-reported EPSS
- 0.7500
- Vendors
- Microsoft
- Products
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Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise (16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases)Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (15.0.0.0 <15.0.5501.1000)Microsoft Excel 2016 (16.0.0.0 <16.0.5369.1000)Microsoft Office 2019 (19.0.0 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases)Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 (16.0.1 <https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases)
- Aliases
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GHSA-p48f-x8gv-j9jx
ENISA description: Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
EUVD references (1)
Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC
Microsoft's vendor-authoritative record from the Security Update Guide — its own CVSS score, impact, severity rating, exploit assessment, and KB-article fixes. Refreshed 2026-08-11 02:01 UTC (source: CVRF).
- MS severity
- Important
- Impact
- Security Feature Bypass
- MS CVSS base score
- 5.5 / 10 (temporal 4.8)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Exploit assessment
- Publicly Disclosed:No;Exploited:No;Latest Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely;Older Software Release:Exploitation Less Likely
- Release
- 2022-Nov
Microsoft remediations / KB articles (9)
- Click to Run — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases)
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/microsoft365-apps-security-updates — None Available / Click to Run
- 5002253 — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 16.0.5369.1000)
- https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002253 — None Available / 5002253
- 5002253 — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 16.0.5369.1000)
- 5002275 — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 15.0.5501.1000)
- https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002275 — None Available / 5002275
- 5002275 — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 15.0.5501.1000)
- 5002275 — Vendor Fix / Security Update (fixed build 15.0.5501.1000)
Microsoft FAQ (3)
Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.
According to the CVSS metric, user interaction is required (UI:R). What interaction would the user have to do?
Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Excel.
- In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file.
- In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability.
An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file.
What kind of security feature could be bypassed by successfully exploiting this vulnerability?
Opening a malicious document could bypass the Microsoft Office Trust Center and upload local files to a remote attacker-specified folder.
Affected products — CPE 2.3 (6) NVD
NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendor references (0)
References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.
None in the CVE record.
Web references (13)
DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.
- None Available msrc
- None Available msrc
- None Available msrc
- 5002275 msrc
- MSRC update guide: CVE-2022-41104 msrc
- 5002275 msrc
- 5002253 msrc
- 5002253 msrc
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002275 rapid7:support.microsoft.com
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/5002253 rapid7:support.microsoft.com
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-41104 rapid7:www.cve.org
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-41104 rapid7:attackerkb.com
- https://support.microsoft.com/help/5002253 rapid7:support.microsoft.com
NVD-tagged references (2)
Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41104 secure@microsoft.com
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2022-41104 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Remediations (10)
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web:attack.mitre.org
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web:nvd.nist.gov
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2026-06-04 03:04 UTC -
web:securityboulevard.com
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2026-06-04 03:04 UTC -
web:support.servicenow.com
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web:www.bleepingcomputer.com
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2026-06-04 03:04 UTC -
web:www.bugcrowd.com
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web:www.emagined.com
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web:www.microsoft.com
Security Update Guide Notifications Microsoft's free Security Update Guide Notifications provide links to security-related software updates and notification of re-released security updates. These notifications are sent via email throughout the month as needed.
2026-06-04 03:04 UTC -
web:www.oracle.com
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web:www.secure.com
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