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CVE-2023-21716

Microsoft Office - Microsoft Word

Microsoft CVSS 9.8 Updated March 18, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Word, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system. This vulnerability can be exploited by convincing a user to open a specially crafted Microsoft Word file."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type DLL
Target Asset winword.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft Office\Root\Office16
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: winword.exe (DLL)
$Targets = 'winword.exe'
$SearchPaths = @("$env:windir\System32", "$env:ProgramFiles", "${env:ProgramFiles(x86)}")

Get-ChildItem -Path $SearchPaths -Include $Targets -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue | 
Select-Object FullName, @{Name="Version";Expression={$_.VersionInfo.ProductVersion}}

Patch Impact Forecast

Reboot Required Likely

Moderate

Internal Work Notes

Apply Microsoft Office security update to mitigate remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Word

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