CVE-2016-7267 Security feature bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2016-7267?

CVE-2016-7267 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, published on 20 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Microsoft Excel 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, and 2016 misparses file formats, which makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7267?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Microsoft Excel.

How do I fix CVE-2016-7267?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-7267 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-7267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Excel

• CVE-2019-1297 Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2009-0238 Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2016-7262 Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2009-3129 Microsoft Excel Featheader Record Memory Corruption Exploited High 7.8
• CVE-2008-0081 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.8

All Microsoft Excel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8pxc-7h2p-mh7g.