CVE record · CVE-2021-36941

Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVSS 7.8 HighEPSS 0.022 · 82nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 12 Aug 2021, 18:12 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
Microsoft	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise	affected 16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases custom
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac	affected 16.0.0 to before 16.52.21080801 custom

Identifiers: CVE-2021-36941
CNA: microsoft
Tags: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise
Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac
Published: 12 Aug 2021
Updated: 10 Aug 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
7.8	High	3.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C	CNA (microsoft)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.022, the 82nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Aug 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-36941 vendor-advisorypatch

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