Exploitation Summary
CVE-2016-7262 is actively exploited and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, added March 3, 2022.
Description
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."
References (4)
Core 4
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ms
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7262
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.8818
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
active
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CISA KEV
2022-03-03
VulnCheck KEV
2020-06-03
InTheWild.io
2022-03-03
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2016-8118
Status
published
Products (6)
microsoft/excel
2007 sp3
microsoft/excel
2010 sp2
microsoft/excel
2013 sp1 (2 CPE variants)
microsoft/excel
2016
microsoft/excel_viewer
microsoft/office_compatibility_pack
Published
Dec 20, 2016
KEV Added
Mar 03, 2022
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026