Microsoft Office up to 2016 OLE DLL access control

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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. Impacted is an unknown function of the component OLE DLL Handler. Performing a manipulation results in access control. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-3235. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. To fix this issue, it is recommended to deploy a patch.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown code block of the component OLE DLL Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was shared 06/14/2016 as MS16-070 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3235 since 03/15/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as attacked. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 91611 (MS16-070: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3163610)), 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 110273 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-070)). The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog lists this issue since 11/03/2021 with a due date of 05/03/2022:

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Applying the patch MS16-070 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 Exploit-DB (41706), Tenable (91611) and SecurityFocus (BID 91089†). The entries VDB-87936, VDB-87937 and VDB-87938 are related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
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Status: Attacked
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Nessus ID: 91611
Nessus Name: MS16-070: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3163610)
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OpenVAS ID: 864576
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Visio Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3163610)
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MetaSploit ID: office_ole_multiple_dll_hijack.rb
MetaSploit Name: VideoLAN VLC ModPlug ReadS3M Stack Buffer Overflow
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Patch: MS16-070

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03/15/2016 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-070
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3235 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3235
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87939

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SecurityFocus: 91089
SecurityTracker: 1036093

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2016 16:29
Updated: 04/23/2026 01:01
Changes: 06/16/2016 16:29 (79), 01/25/2019 11:02 (2), 08/23/2022 18:12 (5), 04/19/2024 06:14 (24), 07/24/2024 21:16 (1), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 04/27/2025 07:06 (3), 04/23/2026 01:01 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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