Microsoft Office up to 2016 input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016. The affected element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-7266. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3/2010 SP2/2013 RT SP1/2013 SP1/2016 (Office Suite Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 12/13/2016. The weakness was released 12/13/2016 as MS16-148 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared at technet.microsoft.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-7266 since 09/09/2016. 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.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95810 (MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068) (macOS)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks 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 (95810) and SecurityFocus (BID 94662†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-94434, VDB-94439, VDB-94440 and VDB-94442. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Nessus ID: 95810
Nessus Name: MS16-148: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3204068) (macOS)
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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
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2016-7266 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-7266
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-94441

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SecurityFocus: 94662 - Microsoft Office CVE-2016-7266 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037441

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/14/2016 14:12
Updated: 10/08/2022 11:01
Changes: 12/14/2016 14:12 (76), 07/07/2019 08:56 (4), 10/08/2022 11:01 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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