CVE-2016-7231 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user opens a specially crafted Office document. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk with high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, requiring user interaction (UI:R) to exploit. While the EPSS score indicates a higher than average exploitability probability compared to most CVEs, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, 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:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2011CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel_for_mac:2011:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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 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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