CVE-2024-20677 Information

Description

A security vulnerability exists in FBX that could lead to remote code execution. To mitigate this vulnerability the ability to insert FBX files has been disabled in Word Excel PowerPoint and Outlook for Windows and Mac. Versions of Office that had this feature enabled will no longer have access to it. This includes Office 2019 Office 2021 Office LTSC for Mac 2021 and Microsoft 365.

3D models in Office documents that were previously inserted from a FBX file will continue to work as expected unless the Link to File option was chosen at insert time.

This change is effective as of the January 9 2024 security update.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Reference

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2024-20677

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.8