Memory corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-0002
Published: December 14, 2016 / Updated: February 27, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU1321
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0002
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling malicious files by VBScript engine. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted content, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution.Affected software
Microsoft Windows
Windows Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Windows Server
Microsoft Internet Explorer
How to mitigate CVE-2016-0002
Install update from vendor's website.