Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2011 out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2011 (Office Suite Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was shared 12/13/2016 by Sean as MS16-148 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7264 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 95810 (MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110292 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-148)).

Applying the patch MS16-148 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 (95810) and SecurityFocus (BID 94769†).

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 95810
Nessus Name: MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068) (macOS)
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OpenVAS ID: 103280
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (3204068)
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Patch: MS16-148

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-148
Researcher: Sean
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7264 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 94769 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-7264 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037441

Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 14:12
Updated: 10/08/2022 10:49
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:12 (76), 07/07/2019 09:26 (5), 10/08/2022 10:49 (5)
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