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High MSRC-CVE-2022-26901 1 CVE

Microsoft Excel Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Apr 12, 2022 · Updated Apr 12, 2022

Summary

Impact: Remote Code Execution. Microsoft rating: Important. Not known to be exploited — Exploitation Less Likely. Customer action: Required.

Details

Is the Preview Pane an attack vector for this vulnerability?
No, the Preview Pane is not an attack vector.

According to the CVSS metric, the attack vector is local (AV:L). Why does the CVE title indicate that this is a remote code execution?
The word Remote in the title refers to the location of the attacker. This type of exploit is sometimes referred to as Arbitrary Code Execution (ACE). The attack itself is carried out locally.
For example, when the score indicates that the Attack Vector is Local and User Interaction is Required, this could describe an exploit in which an attacker, through social engineering, convinces a victim to download and open a specially crafted file from a website which leads to a local attack on their computer.

Security updates
16.60.22041000 — https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/p/?linkid=831049
16.0.10385.20001 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002162
https — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/officeupdates/office365-proplus-security-updates
16.0.5305.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002177
16.0.5305.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002143
15.0.5441.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002156
15.0.5441.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002175
15.0.5441.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002148
15.0.5441.1000 — https://support.microsoft.com/kb/5002169

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