Live › vulnerability › CVE-2016-7262
Go to dashboardA Microsoft Office flaw lets a crafted file bypass a security feature and run arbitrary commands on the machine that opens it. CISA lists it as actively exploited in the wild.
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First seen by InfraStack 2026-10-23 19:11 UTC, 3h before NVD. All times on this page are UTC.
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| Product | Ecosystem | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Excel | vendor | – | – |
Check whether Microsoft Excel and Office are installed and which build is present, for example in Excel via File > Account > About Excel.
Apply the Microsoft Office security updates for this CVE per the vendor instructions (CISA required action); the specific patched build is not stated in the sources.
Each row is the first time that source carried this signal. The analyst’s rows are its own findings.
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."
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