CVE-2016-7266
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."
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | excel | 2007 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2010 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2013 | |
| microsoft | excel | 2016 | |
| microsoft | excel_for_mac | 2016 | |
| microsoft | excel_viewer | | |
| microsoft | office_compatibility_pack | | |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94662
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94662
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148
CWEs
CWE-20
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.