Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7244. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 (Office Suite Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application hang) via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Denial of Service Vulnerability."

The weakness was released 11/08/2016 as MS16-133 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7244. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94634 (MS16-133: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3199168)), 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 110290 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-133)).

Applying the patch MS16-133 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 (94634) and SecurityFocus (BID 94029†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-93391, VDB-93392, VDB-93393 and VDB-93394. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 94634
Nessus Name: MS16-133: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3199168)
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OpenVAS ID: 830825
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Suite Multiple Vulnerabilities (3199168)
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Patch: MS16-133

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-133
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7244 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7244
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-93541

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SecurityFocus: 94029
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Entryinfo

Created: 11/10/2016 19:04
Updated: 09/30/2022 19:48
Changes: 11/10/2016 19:04 (43), 02/24/2017 16:48 (21), 09/30/2022 19:41 (4), 09/30/2022 19:48 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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