CVE-2016-7231

HIGH

Microsoft Excel - Remote Code Execution via Crafted Office Document

Title source: llm

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

References (3)

Core 3

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93996

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ms

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-133

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037246

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.1866

EPSS Percentile 96.9%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-119

Status published

Products (4)

microsoft/excel 2007 sp3

microsoft/excel_for_mac 2011

microsoft/excel_viewer

microsoft/office_compatibility_pack

Published Nov 10, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026