7.8High

CVE-2021-40474Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019; Microsoft Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac; Microsoft Microsoft Office Online Server; Microsoft Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise Published: 2021-10-13 03:27 (5 years ago)

Description

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Data: CVE.org, NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS, Ubuntu. Published as the sources state it, in English.

Affected products and versions

Vendor	Product	Versions
microsoft	365 apps	—
microsoft	excel	2016
Microsoft	Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1	15.0.0.0 – < 15.0.5389.1000
Microsoft	Microsoft Excel 2016	16.0.0.0 – < 16.0.5227.1000
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019	19.0.0 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac	16.0.0 – < 16.54.21101001
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC 2021	16.0.1 – < https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases
Microsoft	Microsoft Office LTSC for Mac 2021	16.0.1 – < 16.54.21101001
Microsoft	Microsoft Office Online Server	16.0.1 – < 16.0.10379.20000
Microsoft	Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1	15.0.1 – < 15.0.5389.1000
microsoft	office	2019
microsoft	office long term servicing channel	2021
microsoft	office online server	—
microsoft	office web apps server	2013

References and patches

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40474

CVSS score

7.8High

Source: microsoft · CVSS 3.1

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality: High
Integrity: High
Availability: High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

EPSS (chance of exploitation in 30 days)

2.31%

higher than 84% of all CVEs

Timeline

ID reserved2021-09-02
Published2021-10-13 03:27
Reached IP-DB2026-10-25 00:04
Last updated2024-08-04 05:44

Assigned by (CNA): microsoft

View at source: CVE.org · NVD

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