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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2011 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects an unknown functionality. 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 summary by CVE is:
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel for Mac 2011, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
The weakness was published 11/08/2016 with Palo Alto Networks. as MS16-133 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7231 since 09/09/2016. 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 94634 (MS16-133: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3199168)), 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 110290 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-133)).
Applying the patch MS16-133 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 (94634). Similar entries are available at 93391, 93392, 93393 and 93394.
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 94634
Nessus Name: MS16-133: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3199168)
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OpenVAS ID: 902002
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Multiple Vulnerabilities (3199168)
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Patch: MS16-133
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Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: MS16-133
Organization: Palo Alto Networks.
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2016-7231 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1037246
SecurityFocus: 93996 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-7231 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entry
Created: 11/09/2016 10:10Updated: 09/30/2022 07:24
Changes: 11/09/2016 10:10 (70), 05/27/2019 23:16 (12), 09/30/2022 07:24 (3)
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