Microsoft Office up to 2016 out-of-bounds

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. Impacted is an unknown function. The manipulation results in out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7265. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is advised to resolve this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software). Affected is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was published 12/13/2016 by Steven Seeley as MS16-148 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7265 since 09/09/2016. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95811 (MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068)), 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 110292 (Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities (MS16-148)).

Applying the patch MS16-148 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 (95811) and SecurityFocus (BID 94721†). Similar entries are available at VDB-94434, VDB-94439, VDB-94441 and VDB-94442. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Out-of-bounds
CWE: CWE-125 / CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 95811
Nessus Name: MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068)
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OpenVAS ID: 103280
OpenVAS Name: Microsoft Office Excel Multiple Vulnerabilities (3204068)
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Patch: MS16-148

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS16-148
Researcher: Steven Seeley
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7265 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7265
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94440

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SecurityFocus: 94721 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-7265 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 14:12
Updated: 10/08/2022 10:56
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:12 (77), 07/07/2019 09:37 (5), 10/08/2022 10:56 (5)
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