Microsoft Excel Security Feature Bypass

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

cat cve-2021-42292.json

Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Office
CVSS: 7.8
EPSS (exploit probability): 31.9%
Status: kev
CISA patch-by (BOD 22-01): December 1, 2021
Published: November 17, 2021
Source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42292

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

Added to CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-17. Required action per CISA: Apply updates per vendor instructions. Due date: 2021-12-01.

This is an auto-synced KEV catalog record pending a full 0dayNews write-up — see CISA’s KEV catalog and the NVD record linked above for primary sources.