CVE-2024-38084 Microsoft OfficePlus Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
An attacker can exploit a path traversal flaw in Microsoft OfficePLUS to escalate privileges on the local system.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-38084?
CVE-2024-38084 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft OfficePLUS, published on 13 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Microsoft OfficePlus Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38084?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Officeplus.
How do I fix CVE-2024-38084?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38084 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-38084 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38084 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft OfficePLUS
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gxpr-qjxg-92q3.