office vulnerability

In Microsoft’s terminology, the phrase “Remote Code Execution” in the CVE title describes the impact of the bug, not necessarily the CVSS attack vector. In other words, if the vulnerability is successfully triggered, the attacker can cause code to run on the victim’s machine, but the exploit...

Microsoft’s naming here is not contradictory once you separate the attack vector from the effect. In CVSS, AV:L means the exploit requires local interaction on the target machine, or a local foothold in the attack path, while Remote Code Execution in Microsoft’s title describes the impact: the...