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Microsoft PowerPoint EUVDEUVD-2026-29688

| CVE-2026-41102 MEDIUM
Improper Access Control (CWE-284)
2026-05-12 microsoft GHSA-4qv5-2qmr-5xhv
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
Temporal: 6.2
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Gain low-privilege local access to Android device
  2. Delivery
    Interact with vulnerable PowerPoint app
  3. Exploit
    Bypass improper access control (CWE-284)
  4. Execution
    Render spoofed content or identity
  5. Impact
    Victim trusts falsified presentation

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Access control enforcement
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Defense Evasion

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires local access to a device running Microsoft PowerPoint for Android at a version below 16.0.19822.20190, together with the low-level authorization indicated by CVSS PR:L (an 'authorized attacker' per Microsoft) - this is not remotely reachable (AV:L), which is the key limiting factor. No user interaction is needed (UI:N), and the scope is unchanged (S:U). The practical constraints that reduce real-world risk are: the attacker must already be a local, authorized party on the specific Android device, must be on an unpatched build, and must operate against the PowerPoint app context; there is no network path and no observed automatable or in-the-wild exploitation (SSVC Exploitation: none).

Impact

The signals converge on genuine-but-not-urgent risk. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.1 is driven by C:H/I:H, but the vector is local (AV:L) with required privileges (PR:L), which sharply limits reach - an attacker must already have authorized local access to the device/app. Corroborating this, EPSS is 0.04% (12th percentile) and CISA's SSVC framework reports Exploitation: none and Automatable: no, so despite Technical Impact rated 'total' there is no evidence of real-world exploitation. Note a tension worth verifying: Microsoft describes the impact as 'spoofing' (typically an integrity/authenticity concern), yet the NVD vector asserts Confidentiality:High and Integrity:High with Availability:None - the high-confidentiality rating is not obviously explained by a spoofing description and should be confirmed against the MSRC advisory. There is no KEV listing and no POC referenced, so this is a standard-priority mobile-client patch, not an emergency.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with legitimate low-privilege access to an Android device - for example a shared, jailbroken, or MDM-loosely-managed device, or via another app running in the same local context - abuses the improper access control in PowerPoint to render a presentation or dialog that spoofs trusted content or identity, tricking the victim or downstream reviewer into treating attacker-controlled material as authentic. No user interaction is required per the CVSS vector, and no public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, so this would require original development against the local flaw.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
Patch available 0.0% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Jul 23, 2026

Spoofing in Microsoft PowerPoint for Android (versions 16.0.0.0 through 16.0.19822.20189) lets an authorized local attacker misrepresent content or identity by abusing improper access control (CWE-284). The flaw requires low-privilege local access and no user interaction per the CVSS vector, and there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is very low at 0.04% (12th percentile) and CISA SSVC scores exploitation as 'none', indicating no observed activity despite a 'total' technical-impact rating. Microsoft has released a fixed build.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update Microsoft PowerPoint for Android to build 16.0.19822.20190 or later, which is the first fixed version per the EUVD affected-version range; the update is distributed through Google Play and Microsoft 365 app updates, so enabling automatic app updates or pushing the update via MDM/Intune is the primary and complete fix. Consult the MSRC advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41102 for build confirmation. Because exploitation requires local, authorized access to the app/device, effective compensating controls until patching are device-level: enforce device lock, restrict which apps and profiles can access the PowerPoint container via Intune app-protection policies, and limit multi-user/shared-device access - the trade-off being reduced convenience on shared or kiosk devices. No feature-disable workaround is documented by the vendor, so patching is the recommended path.

Affected VersionsENISA

Microsoft PowerPoint for Android 16.0.0.0 <16.0.19822.20190

Affected Packages

euvd microsoft_powerpoint_for_android fix: 16.0.19822.20190

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The affected component is the Microsoft PowerPoint app for Android (CPE cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:microsoft_powerpoint_for_android), part of the Microsoft 365/Office mobile suite. The root cause is classified as CWE-284 (Improper Access Control), meaning the application fails to correctly enforce restrictions on an action or resource, allowing a party with some local authorization to bypass an intended trust or identity boundary. Microsoft categorizes the security impact as spoofing, so the weakness is leveraged to present content or an identity as trusted/legitimate when it is not, rather than to directly corrupt files or crash the app.

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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY 5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
ENISA EUVD HIGH
CIRCL (temporal) 6.2 MEDIUM
vuln.today AI 5.5 MEDIUM

Local authorized attacker (AV:L/PR:L) and a spoofing/authenticity impact map to Integrity:High; no clear confidentiality or availability loss, so C:N/A:N, diverging from NVD's C:H.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Severity Changed
Oct 26, 2026 - 18:23 NVD
HIGH MEDIUM
CVSS changed
Oct 26, 2026 - 18:23 NVD
7.1 (HIGH) 5.5 (MEDIUM)
CVE Published
May 12, 2026 - 16:58 nvd
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionNVD

Improper access control in Microsoft Office PowerPoint allows an authorized attacker to perform spoofing locally.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Microsoft PowerPoint for Android versions 16.0.0.0 through 16.0.19822.20189 contain a spoofing vulnerability (CVE-2026-41102, CVSS 7.1) that allows authenticated users with low-privilege local access to misrepresent content or identity. While technically rated HIGH severity, exploitation probability is minimal (EPSS 0.04th percentile) with no observed active exploitation; organizational risk is limited to potential trust or authenticity issues in mobile presentations rather than data compromise.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.0%
Top 88% exploitable
Prevalence
High
Microsoft Office mobile app, widely installed across Android enterprise and consumer devices
Threat Intel
1
1 sources
Vendor Action
See Below
Required. The vulnerability documented by this CVE requires customer action to resolve.
Vendor Status
Publicly Disclosed:No
Exploited:No
Latest Software Release:Exploitation Unlikely
Data Quality
7 sources
Confidence: High

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.0%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Defer
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Small
Automatable
No
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Total

Priority Score

33
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +28
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: +5

Attack Technique

Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.

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