Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2011/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1 memory corruption
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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2011/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects some unknown processing. 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.
The weakness was shared 07/12/2016 by Lucas Leong with Trend Micro as MS16-088 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-3280 since 03/15/2016. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
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 vulnerability database at Tenable (92019). The entries 89037, 89038, 89040 and 89041 are related to this item.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 92019
Nessus Name: MS16-088: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3170008)
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OpenVAS ID: 864648
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Word Viewer Multiple RCE Vulnerabilities (3170008)
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Patch: MS16-088
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-088
Researcher: Lucas Leong
Organization: Trend Micro
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-3280 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1036274
SecurityFocus: 91582 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-3280 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 07/13/2016 10:15Updated: 09/01/2022 17:38
Changes: 07/13/2016 10:15 (68), 02/23/2019 08:21 (13), 09/01/2022 17:38 (4)
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