CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7266

7.8 HIGH Published 2016-12-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-12-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, and Excel 2016 for Mac mishandle a registry check, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted embedded content in a document, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Affected configurations

• microsoft excel 2007 • microsoft excel 2010 • microsoft excel 2013 • microsoft excel 2016 • microsoft excel for mac 2016 • microsoft excel viewer • microsoft office compatibility pack

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References