CVE-2016-7262 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is in the KEV database since March 3, 2022.

The EPSS score is 0.85836.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Excel Excel Viewer Office Compatibility Pack

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3::::::

No data.

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Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148

History

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 17:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2022-03-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2016-12-20T05:54:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:46:33.443Z

Reserved: 2016-09-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-7262

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-06T01:57:47.367Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-12-20T06:59:00.373

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-7262

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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