Microsoft Office Improper Access Control Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation

A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office due to improper access control, which allows an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. This issue has been identified in Microsoft Office 2016 (64-bit edition).

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized privilege escalation, allowing an attacker to gain SYSTEM privileges.

Remediation

Users can apply the official security update KB5002669 to address this vulnerability. This security update is available for download from the Microsoft Update Catalog.