CVE-2021-42292 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Excel 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 Nov. 17, 2021.

The EPSS score is 0.17169.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Excel Office Office Long Term Servicing Channel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::-:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office: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::

No data.

No data.

Advisories

No advisories yet.

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-2021-42292

History

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-17'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-11-10T00:47:25.000Z

Updated: 2025-07-30T01:37:53.791Z

Reserved: 2021-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42292

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:37.920Z

NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2021-11-10T01:19:47.007

Modified: 2025-03-07T21:54:07.007

Link: CVE-2021-42292

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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