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CVE-2016-0136

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0136 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Services on SharePoint Server 2007 SP3 and 2010 SP2. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a crafted Office document. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a high potential for impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with user interaction required for exploitation. While its EPSS score is relatively high, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_designer:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_foundation:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2072 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Excel Services on Microsoft Sharepoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Bad
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-10308
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-10307
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 9171-999008
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Apr/CVE-2016-0136Important

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Apr 12, 2016

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-042
verisign.com / en_US/security-services/security-intelligence/vulnerability-reports/articles/index.xhtml
securitytracker.com / id/1035524
securitytracker.com / id/1035525