CVE-2021-27059 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is in the KEV database since Nov. 3, 2021.

Exploitation active

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	Excel Office

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27059
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27059

History

Wed, 22 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27059

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27059

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 19:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-27059

Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		kev `{'dateAdded': '2021-11-03'}` ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'active', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-03-11T15:49:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-10-21T23:25:51.897Z

Reserved: 2021-02-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-27059

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:40:47.296Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-03-11T16:15:17.583

Modified: 2025-10-22T00:17:28.460

Link: CVE-2021-27059

Redhat

No data.

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