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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2011/2013/2013 RT/2016 (Office Suite Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
Microsoft Office 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, and 2016 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was released 05/10/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-054 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-0126 since 12/04/2015. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91004 (MS16-054: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3155544)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110272 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-054)).
Applying the patch MS16-054 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (91004). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 87147, 87148 and 87149.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 91004
Nessus Name: MS16-054: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3155544)
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OpenVAS ID: 52345
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3155544)
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Patch: MS16-054
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-054
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-0126 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1035819
SecurityFocus: 89938 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-0126 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 05/11/2016 11:06Updated: 08/18/2022 08:38
Changes: 05/11/2016 11:06 (69), 11/23/2018 10:51 (13), 08/18/2022 08:38 (3)
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