CVE-2016-7266High

Microsoft security update for CVE-2016-7266

Published
December 13, 2016
Last Modified
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🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2016-7266 →

📋 Microsoft's advisory

EchelonGraph does not copy Microsoft's advisory page: its FAQ and remediation text are not shown here. Read the advisory on https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7266. This page also shows what EchelonGraph holds for CVE-2016-7266, with the description from its CVE record, which the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned the CVE wrote: for a CVE Microsoft assigned, often in the words of Microsoft's own advisory.

🎯 Affected products11

  • Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
  • Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac
  • Microsoft Excel Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
  • Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3

✅ Updates Microsoft lists: 1 KB article and 10 other updates

11 rows: one per KB article or update, update type and fixed build. Their details are on Microsoft's advisory.

KB articleUpdateFixed build
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—
KB3198800Security Update—
—Security Update—
—Security Update—

🧭 EchelonGraph on CVE-2016-7266

EchelonGraph score
7.8 HIGH
CISA KEV
Not listed
Fix status
A fix is available — apply it.

Description from the CVE record (CVE.org), as published by its numbering authority

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Excel Viewer, and Excel 2016 for Mac mishandle a registry check, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via crafted embedded content in a document, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Published by Microsoft Corporation, the CVE Numbering Authority that assigned CVE-2016-7266, in its CVE record at CVE.org; reused under the CVE Program's Terms of Use (its licence and MITRE's copyright notice are in our Terms of Service).

🔗 References (11)