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CVE-2021-40444

ID: 61153eeb-0473-5d2e-b504-c7d358e54501

STIX ID: report--61153eeb-0473-5d2e-b504-c7d358e54501

Feed Name: Arctic Wolf Blog

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2021-09-16

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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On September 7, 2021 Arctic Wolf highlighted CVE-2021-40444, a high-severity (CVSS 7.8) MSHTML remote code execution vulnerability in Microsoft Windows/Office that can be exploited via specially crafted Office documents using a malicious ActiveX control; Microsoft released patches and recommends mitigations such as disabling ActiveX installations and document preview when patches cannot be applied.

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