Microsoft Office 2007/2010 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2007/2010. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2016-0140. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010 (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was disclosed 05/10/2016 with Microsoft as MS16-054 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-0140 since 12/04/2015. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91004 (MS16-054: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3155544)), 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 110272 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-054)).

Upgrading to version 2011, 2013, 2013 RT or 2016 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch MS16-054 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at technet.microsoft.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be patching the affected component. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (91004) and SecurityFocus (BID 89953†). The entries VDB-87146, VDB-87148 and VDB-87149 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 91004
Nessus Name: MS16-054: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3155544)
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OpenVAS ID: 52345
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3155544)
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Upgrade: Office 2011/2013/2013 RT/2016
Patch: MS16-054

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-054
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-0140 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-0140
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87147

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SecurityFocus: 89953 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-0140 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
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Entryinfo

Created: 05/11/2016 11:06
Updated: 08/18/2022 08:43
Changes: 05/11/2016 11:06 (69), 11/23/2018 10:51 (13), 08/18/2022 08:43 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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