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CVE-2024-38172

Microsoft Office - Excel

Microsoft CVSS 7.8 Updated March 15, 2026

Executive Risk Summary

"A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Excel, allowing an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could result in the attacker gaining control of the affected system."

Operational Audit Arsenal

Target Type Executable
Target Asset excel.exe
Standard Path %ProgramFiles%Microsoft OfficeRootOffice16
PowerShell
# 🛠️ Senior Engineer Universal Audit
# Target: excel.exe (Executable)
$Targets = 'excel.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

Microsoft Excel service affected

Internal Work Notes

Apply latest Microsoft Office security updates to mitigate remote code execution vulnerability in Excel

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