Microsoft MSHTML Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2021-40444ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:74774 | Date: (C)2021-09-08 (M)2024-05-23 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
Microsoft is investigating reports of a remote code execution vulnerability in MSHTML that affects Microsoft Windows. Microsoft is aware of targeted attacks that attempt to exploit this vulnerability by using specially-crafted Microsoft Office documents. An attacker could craft a malicious ActiveX control to be used by a Microsoft Office document that hosts the browser rendering engine. The attacker would then have to convince the user to open the malicious document. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows Server |
Product: |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 |
Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 |