How severe is CVE-2021-27059?

CVE-2021-27059 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.6 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 6.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2021-27059: Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2021-11-17

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

CISA notes
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-27059

Description

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CNA7.6 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2	13.0.0.0 to <14.0.7266.5000
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1	15.0.0 to <publication
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2016	16.0.0 to <16.0.5134.1000

References

2 Links

Vendor advisories

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Other references

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27059

Record Details

Published

2021-03-11

Last updated

2026-08-19

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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