Memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Word Viewer in Microsoft Word - CVE-2016-3283

Detailed vulnerability description

A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to an unknown error in Microsoft Word Viewer. 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.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3283

To resolve this vulnerability vendor recommends installing the following update:

Microsoft Word Viewer

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/MS16-088