THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-7233
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2016-7233

Excel For Mac vulnerability

CVSS
6.5
EPSS
22.4%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
Microsoft Word 2007, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Word for Mac 2011, Excel for Mac 2011, Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2013 SP1, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Excel For Mac
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information
Published
2016-11-10

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality.

Its EPSS score of 22.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-7233

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Excel For Mac is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7233.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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