# Microsoft Word Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVE record · `CVE-2021-1715` - **Identifiers:** `CVE-2021-1715` - **State:** Confirmed - **Severity:** CVSS 7.8 High - **Critical:** No - **CNA:** microsoft - **Technologies:** [Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-sharepoint-enterprise-server-2016.md) · [Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-sharepoint-enterprise-server-2013-service-pack-1.md) · [Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-sharepoint-server-2019.md) · [Microsoft Office 2019](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019.md) · [Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2019-for-mac.md) · [Microsoft Office Online Server](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-online-server.md) · [Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-365-apps-for-enterprise.md) · [Microsoft Word 2016](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-word-2016.md) · [Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-2010-service-pack-2.md) · [Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-web-apps-2010-service-pack-2.md) · [Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-sharepoint-server-2010-service-pack-2.md) · [Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-word-2010-service-pack-2.md) · [Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-word-2013-service-pack-1.md) · [Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/microsoft-office-web-apps-server-2013-service-pack-1.md) - **Published:** 12 Jan 2021 - **Updated:** 8 Oct 2024 - **Reviewed by a person:** No Published by the CVE Program (CNA: microsoft) at 12 Jan 2021, 19:42 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. ## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016. - affected: `16.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2013 Service Pack 1. - affected: `15.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2019. - affected: `16.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019. - affected: `19.0.0 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2019 for Mac. - affected: `16.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office Online Server. - affected: `16.0.1 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft 365 Apps for Enterprise. - affected: `16.0.1 to before https://aka.ms/OfficeSecurityReleases` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Word 2016. - affected: `16.0.1 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2. - affected: `13.0.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2. - affected: `13.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2. - affected: `13.0.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2. - affected: `13.0.0.0 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1. - affected: `15.0.1 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1. - affected: `15.0.1 to before publication` (custom) - Vendor: Microsoft. Product: Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 Service Pack 1. - affected: `15.0.1 to before publication` (custom) ## Not analysed yet We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter. ## Severity and exploitation - 7.8 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C`, from CNA (microsoft) - **CISA KEV:** Not listed. - **EPSS:** 0.039, the 90th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. ## Timeline This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 12 Jan 2021. New records show when each source confirmed them. ## Sources - [CVE List: CVE-2021-1715](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-1715) - [NVD: CVE-2021-1715](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-1715) ### References from the CNA - (vendor-advisory) Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description. ## Check whether this affects you This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it. Compare the affected versions above with what you run. - With the agentprime MCP server (), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: - As JSON: - Everything that needs attention now: --- The web page: . Everything for agents: .