word vulnerability

Microsoft’s advisory that lists CVE-2026-20948 as a “Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability” is not mistaken when a published CVSS vector shows Attack Vector = Local (AV:L); the two labels answer different operational questions and together give a fuller picture of exploit impact and...

Microsoft’s CVE listing for CVE-2026-20948 names the issue as a Remote Code Execution (RCE) vulnerability in Microsoft Word, but its published CVSS vector lists the Attack Vector as AV:L (Local) — a mismatch that confuses many administrators and risk managers. The two labels are not...

The short answer is: the CVE headline and the CVSS Attack Vector are answering two different operational questions — the CVE title tells you what an attacker can achieve and from where they can try, while the CVSS AV metric describes where the vulnerable code actually executes when the bug is...

Microsoft has confirmed a serious remote code execution flaw in Microsoft Word, tracked as CVE-2025-59221, and issued patches across multiple Office product lines — with explicit vendor guidance that customers must install every update that applies to the specific Office/Word builds they run...

I can write that feature article, but a quick verification step first — I could not find any public record for CVE‑2025‑53738 in Microsoft’s Update Guide, NVD, MITRE or other CVE aggregators. I did search MSRC (the link you provided requires JavaScript to render) and public databases for that...

Microsoft’s Security Update Guide lists CVE-2025-53736 as a Microsoft Word information-disclosure vulnerability caused by a buffer over-read in Word that can allow an unauthorized local actor to read memory and disclose sensitive information on a victim machine; administrators are strongly...