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CVE-2015-2521

48
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-2521 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a crafted Office document. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but granting complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry exists for a type confusion vulnerability in Office 2007, and its EPSS score indicates a higher than average probability of exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.

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:*:*:*:*:x86:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:x86:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
27.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38216 · Sep 16, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2769 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 8,920 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, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
exploit-db.com / exploits/38216
securitytracker.com / id/1033488