Vulnerability · CVE-2016-7262
Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Published Dec 19, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · Microsoft Excel
Patch now
CVE-2016-7262 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Excel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Gaps on this record
- No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 57.73%
- Remediation
- Remediation guidance
- Affected products
- cpe microsoft/excel · cpe microsoft/excel viewer · cpe microsoft/office compatibility pack · vendor Microsoft Excel
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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- cpe microsoft/excel2007
- cpe microsoft/excel2010
- cpe microsoft/excel2013
- cpe microsoft/excel2016
- cpe microsoft/excel viewerversion unspecified
- cpe microsoft/office compatibility packversion unspecified
- vendor Microsoft Excelversion unspecified
How to fix CVE-2016-7262
Recommended remediation
Apply updates per vendor instructions. CISA due date Mar 24, 2022.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
CVE-2016-7262 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Mar 24, 2022. Confirm Microsoft Excel against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation. EPSS 57.73%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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No public source repository is identified for this product.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Dec 19, 2016 · Catalog
Detected
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."
Mar 3, 2022 · CISA KEV
Known exploited
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Mar 24, 2022 · CISA KEV
Remediation due
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog
Updated
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."
Sources
- CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7262
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.
cisa.gov - CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7262
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-7262
30-day exploitation probability 57.7%
first.org - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-7262
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 Se
nvd.nist.gov - VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-7262
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.
vulncheck.com
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.