CVE-2016-7262
Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- High 7.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 3 Mar 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."
Key facts
- Published
- 20 Dec 2016
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- KEV added
- 3 Mar 2022
- KEV fix due
- 24 Mar 2022
- EPSS
- 58.84% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.124% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 7.8CVSS 3.1, Highfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
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Timeline
- 20 Dec 2016 Published
- 3 Mar 2022 CVE-2016-7262 added to CISA KEV
- 3 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue