CVE-2016-7229 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Excel, Excel for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack, and Excel Viewer. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system through a specially crafted Office document. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), exploitation requires user interaction (opening the malicious document) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2007CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2010CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2013CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2013:sp1:*:*:rt:*:*:* | ||
2016CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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