Microsoft Office up to 2016 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-0053. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 02/09/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-015 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-0053 since 12/03/2015. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 88647 (MS16-015: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3134226)), 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 110265 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-015)).

Applying the patch MS16-015 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. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 22691.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (88647), SecurityFocus (BID 82787†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-56488†). The entries VDB-80867, VDB-80868, VDB-80870 and VDB-80871 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 88647
Nessus Name: MS16-015: Security Update for Microsoft Office to Address Remote Code Execution (3134226)
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OpenVAS ID: 800218
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3134226)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-015
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0053 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0053
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-80869
SecurityFocus: 82787 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-0053 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1034975
Vulnerability Center: 56488 - [MS16-015] Microsoft Multiple Office Products Remote Code Execution via a Crafted Office File - CVE-2016-0053, Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 02/10/2016 20:34
Updated: 07/07/2022 13:54
Changes: 02/10/2016 20:34 (83), 08/22/2018 09:44 (5), 07/07/2022 13:54 (5)
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