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CVE-2024-43600
CVE-2024-43600 is a high severity Microsoft vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8. Microsoft has shipped the fix: deploy one of the 3 updates below from the Microsoft Update Catalog, and see where this CVE sits against the rest on the patch tracker.
Risk summary
Not in the CISA KEV catalog. EPSS exploit probability 1.2%. CVSS 7.8 (High).
This CVE is among the lower half of tracked Microsoft CVEs by EPSS exploit probability.
Office 2016, now deep into its lifecycle, is the affected product for this elevation of privilege vulnerability. Rated High Severity (CVSS 7.8) with a 1 percent EPSS probability, it lets code running as a user climb higher on machines carrying the aging suite. Its main significance is as a marker: hosts still on Office 2016 likely lag on other fixes too.
Do this: Inventory remaining Office 2016 installs in both 32-bit and 64-bit editions, patch them, and put a migration date on the calendar.
AI-generated from public data, 2026-07-07. Verify against the vendor advisory before acting.
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Official patch(es) for CVE-2024-43600
Moderate priority: schedule it in your normal patch cycle. In Intune or Defender, confirm whether the fixing updates KB2920716, KB4475587, KB5002661 are installed across the affected products. Senserva does this automatically across your tenant and flags every missing patch.
Apply the Microsoft security updates below to fix CVE-2024-43600. Each KB page carries the Microsoft Update Catalog download, Microsoft's known issues for the update, a copy-paste PowerShell check for whether it is installed, and the Senserva AI read.
Scope and sources
- Affected products
- Fixed by the same updates
- Authoritative references
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