Microsoft Office up to 2016 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2013 RT/2016. It has been classified as critical. This impacts an unknown function. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2016-3365. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2007/2010/2013/2013 RT/2016 (Office Suite Software). This affects an unknown code block. 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 released 09/13/2016 by Steven Seeley with Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) as MS16-107 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). It is possible to read the advisory at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3365 since 03/15/2016. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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 93481 (MS16-107: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3185852)), 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 110283 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-107)).

Applying the patch MS16-107 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 (93481) and SecurityFocus (BID 92804†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-91541, VDB-91542, VDB-91543 and VDB-91544. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 93481
Nessus Name: MS16-107: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3185852)
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OpenVAS ID: 900248
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Windows Excel Viewer Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (3185852)
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Patch: MS16-107

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-107
Researcher: Steven Seeley
Organization: Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-3365 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3365
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-91551
SecurityFocus: 92804 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-3365 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1036785

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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2016 17:06
Updated: 09/16/2022 10:49
Changes: 09/14/2016 17:06 (67), 04/16/2019 15:29 (13), 09/16/2022 10:49 (4)
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