CVE-2016-7262

Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

Yes

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted cell that is mishandled upon a click, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3 y Excel Viewer permiten a atacantes remotos asistidos por usuario ejecutar comandos arbitrarios a través de una célula manipulada que se maneja incorrectamente con un clic, vulnerabilidad también conocida como "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability".

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-09-09 CVE Reserved
2016-12-20 CVE Published
2022-03-03 Exploited in Wild
2022-03-24 KEV Due Date
2024-07-17 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148	2018-10-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel"				2007 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2007"		sp3		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel"				2010 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2010"		sp2		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel"				2013 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2013"		sp1		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel"				2013 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2013"		sp1, rt		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel"				2016 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel" and version "2016"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Excel Viewer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Excel Viewer"				*		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Office Compatibility Pack Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Office Compatibility Pack"				*		sp3		Affected