CVE-2015-2521
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 27.69% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 16 September 2015
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel viewer · microsoft/office compatibility pack
- Source
- secure@microsoft.com
EPSS 27.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38216/
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033488
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2015/ms15-099
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/38216/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.