CVE-2026-97774

Microsoft Office Click-To-Run Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability

State
Published
Severity
7.0 High
Published
Oct 13, 2026
Updated
Oct 31, 2026
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026

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Description

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.0 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:Cmicrosoft

Weaknesses

  • CWE-367 Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition

Affected Products

ProductVersions
Microsoft 365 Apps for EnterpriseMicrosoft
  • 16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleasesAffected

References

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