VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2016-3279

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Published 2016-07-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
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CVSS v3
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
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not yet in upstream
VIR risk
5.5

Description

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLA file, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
55%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
windows microsoftexcel2010
windows microsoftexcel2013
windows microsoftexcel2016
windows microsoftexcel_rt2013
windows microsoftoffice2010
windows microsoftoffice_web_apps2010
windows microsoftpowerpoint2010
windows microsoftpowerpoint2013
windows microsoftpowerpoint_rt2013
windows microsoftsharepoint_server2010
windows microsoftword2010
windows microsoftword2013
windows microsoftword2016
windows microsoftword_rt2013

References

CWEs

CWE-254

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.