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

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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Name: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Excel
Added to the catalog: 2022-03-03
Due date for US federal agencies: 2022-03-24
Weaknesses: CWE-20
Catalog version: 2026.10.30

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.

Required action (CISA)

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Ransomware use: CISA does not mark known use of this vulnerability in ransomware campaigns.

Links in CISA's notes

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

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NVD analysis

Status: Analyzed
Published: 2016-12-20T06:59:00.373
Last modified: 2026-06-17T00:52:53.020
Weaknesses: NVD-CWE-noinfo

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."

Metric	Score	Severity	Vector	Scored by
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	[email protected] (Primary)
CVSS 3.1	7.8	HIGH	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)
CVSS 2.0	6.8	MEDIUM	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P	[email protected] (Primary)

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94660 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441 (Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148 (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-7262 (US Government Resource)

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CVE record

Assigner: microsoft
State: PUBLISHED
Published: 2016-12-20T05:54:00.000Z
Updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:47.352Z
Problem types: n/a

References

MS16-148
94660
1037441

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Cite this page

Dragons Eye Ransomware Tracker, "CVE-2016-7262: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability",
entity page, dataset version ref-9c98c954efb6, updated 2026-11-02T23:39:54.475Z,
https://ransomware-tracker.com/cve/CVE-2016-7262 (accessed 2026-11-03).
Underlying source: CISA Catalog of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities, version 2026.10.30.
Underlying source: National Vulnerability Database (NIST), CVE API 2.0, record last modified 2026-06-17T00:52:53.020.
Underlying source: CVE List (CVE Program, The MITRE Corporation), record updated 2025-10-21T23:55:47.352Z.

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