CVE•Published 2016-06-16•Modified 2026-10-15•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2016-3233Microsoft · Excel
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
7.3
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS percentile
97
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 3% of all CVEs
Description
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, and Office Compatibility Pack SP3 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Timeline
Published 2016-06-16
Modified 2026-10-15
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2016-3233Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Excel" version:"2007"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Excel"HTTP body or banner mentions "Excel" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2016-3233Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2016-3233Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2016-3233Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2016-3233GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2016-3233" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.