CVE-2021-38646High· 7.8▾ Abyssal⚠ Exploited in the wildMicrosoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
▾ Abyssal zone — Critical with a public exploit or in-the-wild use
impact 42.9 · likelihood 1.6 · exploitation 25 · ransomware 5
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Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Federal remediation due Apr 18, 2022
Last analysed / modified upstream
8.0%
Added to the CISA catalog on Mar 28, 2022. Federal remediation due Apr 18, 2022. View catalog ↗
Microsoft Office Access Connectivity Engine Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
365_appsoffice = 2013office_2016office_2019Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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