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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: Dec 1, 2021

CVE-2021-42292

High
EPSS 19.1%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Office

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Excel would allow a local user to perform arbitrary code execution.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

19.1%

Higher than 95.2% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42292

Risk Assessment

ELEVATED
In CISA KEV

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
19.1%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Nov 17, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 17, 2021

Remediation Due

Dec 1, 2021

Affected Product

Microsoft

Office

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