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Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise — Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
N L N R U N H N 6.5 .0170 75.3 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise 16.0.1 – —
Microsoft Office 2019 19.0.0 – —
Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 16.0.1 – —
Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.0 – —
Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) 16.11.0 – —
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 17.2.0 – —
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 17.4.0 – —
Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 17.6.0 – —
Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime 10.0.0 – —
TIMELINE
Jun 27 Reserved by microsoft
Aug 8 Published (CNA: microsoft)
Aug 10 RESCORED — CVE-2023-36897 (Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise). CVSS 8.1 → 6.5 (NVD).
Description
Visual Studio Tools for Office Runtime Spoofing Vulnerability
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|
| June 27, 2023 | Reserved | Reserved by microsoft |
| August 8, 2023 | Published | Published (CNA: microsoft) |
| August 10, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2023-36897 (Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise). CVSS 8.1 → 6.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 9 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
|---|
| Microsoft | Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise | — | 16.0.1 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office 2019 | — | 19.0.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Office LTSC 2021 | — | 16.0.1 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) | — | 15.9.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10) | — | 16.11.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2 | — | 17.2.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4 | — | 17.4.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6 | — | 17.6.0 | — |
| Microsoft | Visual Studio 2010 Tools for Office Runtime | — | 10.0.0 | — |
About this page
This is a reference page, not a dated page of record. It assembles the complete lifecycle of CVE-2023-36897 from the CVE Program record, NVD enrichment, the CISA KEV catalog, EPSS, and OSV advisories. The box score's numbers (CVSS, EPSS, KEV status) are current as of Wednesday, August 19, 2026 UTC and are re-derived as the archive grows; only dated daily editions are immutable pages of record. The authoritative source for this identifier is cve.org.