CVE-2021-40472 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00542.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft Subscribe	365 Apps Subscribe Excel Subscribe Office Subscribe Office Long Term Servicing Channel Subscribe Office Online Server Subscribe Office Web Apps Server Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:excel:2016:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_online_server:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps_server:2013:sp1::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-27649	Microsoft Excel Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-40472

History

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 14:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-10-13T00:27:15.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:44:10.342Z

Reserved: 2021-09-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-40472

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T02:44:10.342Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-10-13T01:15:11.113

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:24:11.943

Link: CVE-2021-40472

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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