High 7.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Dec 20, 2016

CVE-2016-7262Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary comm…

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 06:10 UTC)

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CISA lists it as known exploited since Mar 3, 2022; federal agencies had to remediate by Mar 24, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.

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Exploited in the last 30 days

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted cell that is mishandled upon a click, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."

CVSS: 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Mar 3, 2022; federal remediation due Mar 24, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 57.73% (percentile 99)
Assigned by: microsoft
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

microsoft excel microsoft:excel	2007; 2010; 2013; 2013; 2016	NVD
microsoft excel_viewer microsoft:excel_viewer	all versions	NVD
microsoft office_compatibility_pack microsoft:office_compatibility_pack	all versions	NVD

References

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ms, patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, broken-link, third-party-advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7262us-government-resource

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