SB2016071202 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published: July 12, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016071202
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption vulnerability (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3278)
CWE-ID: CWE-119 - Memory corruption
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to an unknown error in Microsoft Outlook. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability will allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands, access files and perform any actions with privileges of the current user.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.