How severe is CVE-2016-7262?

CVE-2016-7262 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 57.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-7262: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2022-03-03

Remediation due

2022-03-24

Required action
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CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Exploitation Context

as of October 15, 2026

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CISA added CVE-2016-7262 to the KEV catalog 1,899 days after its CVE record was published.
It is one of 391 Microsoft entries in the CISA KEV catalog, and one of 166 added in 2022.
Its current EPSS score (57.7%) is higher than that of 53% of CISA KEV entries.

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

3 Links

Vendor advisories

MS16-148

Vulnerability databases

Record Details

Published

2016-12-20

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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