Memory Corruption in Microsoft PDF library in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-3319

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error in Microsoft Windows PDF Library when parsing objects in memory. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted PDF file, trick a victim to open that file in browser or PDF reader, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability my allow an attacker to run arbitrary code on vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3319

Sources

• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-096.aspx
• https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/security/ms16-102.aspx