CVE-2021-42295
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42295- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-29270
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Record
EUVD-2021-29270- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3v8-g92v-wp97
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Record
GHSA-x3v8-g92v-wp97- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Visual Basic for Applications Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- Record
CVE-2021-42295- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-42295 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Microsoft 365 Apps, published December 15, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.04%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.