CVE-2021-42295 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Microsoft	365 Apps Office Office Long Term Servicing Channel

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:365_apps:-::::enterprise::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::::x64:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::::x86:*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:::rt:::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::::x86:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2019::::::x86:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x64:
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x86:

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-42295

History

Tue, 19 May 2026 18:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021::::ltsc::x64:* cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2021::::ltsc::x86:*	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x64: cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_long_term_servicing_channel:2021::::::x86:

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2021-12-15T14:14:55.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:38.015Z

Reserved: 2021-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-42295

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T03:30:38.015Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-12-15T15:15:08.933

Modified: 2026-05-19T18:38:59.530

Link: CVE-2021-42295

Redhat

No data.

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