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."
Published Dec 20, 2016 ·Due Mar 24, 2022
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 57.73%
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."
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Date Added
Mar 3, 2022
Patch Due
Mar 24, 2022
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
ActiveAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Feb 10, 2025 · SSVC 2.0.3
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (18 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 57.73% (0.57733) | 99.06th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 58.00% (0.58005) | 98.97th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Apr 23, 2026 | 88.18% (0.88179) | 99.49th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 9, 2025 | 86.44% (0.86439) | 99.37th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 29, 2025 | 84.40% (0.84404) | 99.28th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 85.51% (0.85507) | 99.33th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 60.09% (0.60091) | 97.91th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 17, 2024 | 38.43% (0.38433) | 97.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 1, 2024 | 94.13% (0.94132) | 99.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 28, 2024 | 93.85% (0.93851) | 99.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 22, 2024 | 93.23% (0.93225) | 99.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 2, 2024 | 92.99% (0.92991) | 98.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 23, 2023 | 92.73% (0.92732) | 98.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 7, 2023 | 93.52% (0.93523) | 98.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 26, 2023 | 94.34% (0.94335) | 98.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 94.14% (0.94143) | 98.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 25.09% (0.25090) | 96.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 25.09% (0.25090) | 95.43th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7262 government-resourceUS Government Resource
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry | |
| https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7262 | government-resourceUS Government Resource |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.