March 3, 2022 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2016-7262 — Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2022-03-03- Federal due date
2022-03-24- Vendor
- Microsoft
- Product
- Excel
- EPSS
- 99.5th percentile (score 0.882, as of
2026-06-08) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262
CISA short description
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
Apply updates per vendor instructions.