CVE-2026-97774: Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

PriorityP335high7CVSS 3.1

AVLACHPRLUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

0.19%

7.6th percentile

Time-of-check time-of-use (toctou) race condition in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	microsoft_365_apps_for_enterprise	>= 16.0.1 < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases	https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases

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