Vulnerability CVE-2016-0122


Published: 2016-04-12   Modified: 2016-04-13

Description:
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
Microsoft Office Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution
COSIG
15.04.2016

Type:

CWE-119

(Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Microsoft -> Excel 
Microsoft -> Excel viewer 
Microsoft -> Office compatibility pack 
Microsoft -> Word for mac 

 References:
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035525
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-042
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39694/

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