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CVE-2016-7262

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CVE-2016-7262

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."

CVSS 7.8 · HighBuzz score 25.0KEV listed

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 25.0

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 25.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

0.0

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Diversity score

0.0

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KEV score

25.0

Known exploited vulnerability present

OTX score

0.0

0 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

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Exploit code

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

Dec 20, 2016

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE IDs

Unavailable

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 3.1 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Attack Vector (AV): Local. The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.
Attack Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Privileges Required (PR): None. The attacker needs no privileges on the vulnerable system.
User Interaction (UI): Required. Another user must take an action for exploitation to succeed.
Scope (S): Unchanged. Impacts remain within the vulnerable security authority.
Confidentiality Impact (C): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): High. There is a total or serious impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · KEV present · 0 OTX pulses

KEVKEV
- cwes: CWE-20
- dueDate: 2022-03-24
- knownRansomwareCampaignUse: Unknown
- notes: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262
- product: Excel
- requiredAction: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- shortDescription: A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.
- vendorProject: Microsoft
- vulnerabilityName: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Observed Mar 3, 2022, 12:00 AM