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CVE-2016-7262: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

criticalknown exploitedCVE-2016-7262
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.

CSIRTS triage

vendor: Microsoftproduct: OfficeAuthentication bypass
What
A security feature bypass vulnerability allows arbitrary command execution due to improper input handling.
Who is affected
Users of Microsoft Office.
Urgency
Urgent remediation is necessary as the vulnerability is actively exploited and critical in severity.
Action
Update Microsoft Office to the latest version.

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Details

Source
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (US · database · site)
Severity
critical
Published
2022-03-03
Exploitation
Observed in the wild (CISA KEV)

Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262

Exploitation outlook

EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.

Referenced CVEs

CVECSIRTS overviewExternal
CVE-2016-7262coverage & exploitation statusNVD · CVE.org

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