Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2021-27059

7.6HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Microsoft
Status
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2016
Vendor
CVE Published:
11 March 2021

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🦅 CISA Reported

What is CVE-2021-27059?

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CISA has reported CVE-2021-27059

CISA provides regional cyber and physical services to support security and resilience across the United States. CISA monitor the most dangerious vulnerabilities and have identifed CVE-2021-27059 as being exploited but is not known by the CISA to be used in ransomware campaigns. This is subject to change at pace

The CISA's recommendation is: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Affected Version(s)

Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 32-bit Systems 13.0.0.0 < 14.0.7266.5000

Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 32-bit Systems 15.0.0

Microsoft Office 2016 32-bit Systems 16.0.0 < 16.0.5134.1000

References

https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE...
vendor-advisorypatch

EPSS Score

6% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.6
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
High
Privileges Required:
High
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • 🦅

    CISA Reported

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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