Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 Security Feature 7pk security

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security Feature. The manipulation leads to 7pk security. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3279. It is possible to launch the attack on the local host. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office 2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code block of the component Security Feature. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a 7pk security vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-254. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 07/12/2016 by Haifei Li as MS16-088 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is available at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-3279 since 03/15/2016. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1211 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 92019 (MS16-088: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3170008)), 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 110278 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-088)).

Applying the patch MS16-088 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 databases at Tenable (92019) and SecurityFocus (BID 91587†). See VDB-89037, VDB-89039, VDB-89040 and VDB-89041 for similar entries. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: 7pk security
CWE: CWE-254
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Nessus ID: 92019
Nessus Name: MS16-088: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3170008)
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OpenVAS ID: 63775
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Multiple Vulnerabilities (3170008)
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Patch: MS16-088

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-088
Researcher: Haifei Li
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3279 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3279
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-89038
SecurityFocus: 91587 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-3279 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036274

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/13/2016 10:15 AM
Updated: 09/01/2022 05:31 PM
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:15 AM (69), 02/23/2019 08:21 AM (12), 09/01/2022 05:31 PM (4)
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