CVE-2016-7262 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on December 20, 2016
Known Exploited Vulnerability
This Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.
The following remediation steps are recommended / required by March 24, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2016-7262 is exploitable with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.
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Exploit Probability
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