CVE-2021-40485 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution 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 not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00456.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Excel Office Office Long Term Servicing Channel Office Online Server Sharepoint Enterprise Server Sharepoint Server

Configuration 1 [-]

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	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:office:2019:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::macos::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::macos::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_online_server:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_enterprise_server:2013:sp1::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27662	Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40485

History

Tue, 04 Mar 2025 03:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 21:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-94

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-10-13T00:27:35.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-28T20:54:45.297Z

Reserved: 2021-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40485

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:44:10.776Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-13T01:15:12.047

Modified: 2025-02-28T21:15:18.007

Link: CVE-2021-40485

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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