Microsoft Office up to 2016 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office up to 2016. This affects an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2016-7193. The attack may be launched remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Microsoft Office up to 2016 (Office Suite Software). This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality. 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 10/11/2016 as MS16-121 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-7193. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are unknown but an exploit is available.

It is declared as attacked. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94016 (MS16-121: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3194063)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 110284 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-121)). This issue was added on 03/03/2022 to the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog with a due date of 03/24/2022:

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Applying the patch MS16-121 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 Zero-Day.cz (200), Tenable (94016) and SecurityFocus (BID 93372†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 94016
Nessus Name: MS16-121: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3194063)
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OpenVAS ID: 863873
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Web Apps Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (3194063)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-121
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7193 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7193
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92584

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SecurityFocus: 93372
SecurityTracker: 1036984

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

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Created: 10/12/2016 10:40
Updated: 02/04/2025 21:10
Changes: 10/12/2016 10:40 (44), 03/27/2017 09:15 (18), 09/23/2022 09:39 (4), 09/23/2022 09:43 (11), 04/23/2024 12:28 (26), 07/07/2024 06:43 (2), 07/24/2024 16:40 (2), 09/09/2024 22:29 (1), 09/23/2024 17:12 (2), 02/04/2025 21:10 (11)
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