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CVE-2016-7262

OmniRAT

Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted cell that is mishandled upon a click, aka "Microsoft Office Se…

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Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a crafted cell that is mishandled upon a click, aka "Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability."
CVSS 7.8 (HIGH) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.5/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 7.8: +1.17
  • Fresh EPSS: 57.73%: +0.29

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 9 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Nature
Press · 01 Sep 2020, 22:00 · Three-species platform optimizes the discovery of diverse fully human antibodies - Nature
Nature
Press · 24 Jan 2020, 08:00 · Comparisons of the antibody repertoires of a humanized rodent and humans by high throughput sequencing - Nature
Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
Press · 01 Aug 2019, 07:00 · The OmniAb® Platform: Human Sequence Antibodies from Mouse, Rat and Chicken - Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News
The Hacker News
Press · 27 Jun 2019, 07:00 · Exclusive: German Police Raid OmniRAT Developer and Seize Digital Assets - The Hacker News
The Register
Press · 06 Nov 2015, 08:00 · OmniRAT malware scurrying into Android, PC, Mac, Linux systems - The Register
See all 9 source documents
Security Affairs
Press · 06 Nov 2015, 08:00 · OmniRat RAT is currently being used by criminals in the wild - Security Affairs
Help Net Security
Press · 06 Nov 2015, 08:00 · Cheap OmniRAT malware used to spy on Android, Windows, Linux, Mac devices - Help Net Security
ZDNET
Press · 06 Nov 2015, 08:00 · OmniRAT on the loose: Spyware’s nibbling Android with a taste for Linux, Mac and Windows - ZDNET
Tripwire
Press · 05 Nov 2015, 08:00 · OmniRAT - the $25 way to hack into Windows, OS X and Android devices - Tripwire

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.5 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

0

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 7.8; EPSS 57.7%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:46.755924+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
First press mention
05 Nov 2015, 08:00
Published
20 Dec 2016, 05:54
Latest press mention
01 Sep 2020, 22:00
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Mar 2022, 00:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:57
Name
OmniRAT