VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-3279

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 16.4%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 16.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Microsoft Office 2010 SP2, Excel 2010 SP2, PowerPoint 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, PowerPoint 2013 SP1, Word 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, PowerPoint 2013 RT SP1, Word 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted XLA file, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability."

CVSS 3.0: 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 16.42% probability · 97th percentile
Public exploits: None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-254
Affected: microsoft/excel · microsoft/excel rt · microsoft/office · microsoft/office web apps · microsoft/powerpoint · microsoft/powerpoint rt · microsoft/sharepoint server · microsoft/word · microsoft/word rt
Source: secure@microsoft.com

EPSS trend

EPSS moved from 13.4% on 21 September 2026 to 16.4% on 26 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.