Microsoft Office Integer Overflow Vulnerability Allowing Privilege Escalation

A vulnerability allowing integer overflow or wraparound has been identified in Microsoft Office. This flaw enables an authorized attacker to locally elevate privileges. The issue arises from improper handling of integer values, which could be exploited to gain unauthorized access to higher-level permissions.

Impact

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized elevation of privileges, allowing an attacker to gain administrator rights.

Remediation

Users can download the security update for Microsoft Office for Android from the Google Play Store. This vulnerability affects Microsoft Office for Android versions through 16.0.19822.20000.