Memory Corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-3316

 

Memory Corruption in Microsoft products - CVE-2016-3316

Published: August 10, 2016 / Updated: September 14, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU297
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.4 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3316
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when parsing objects in memory. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted Word document, convince the victim to open it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code on the target system with privileges of the current user.

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


Affected software

Microsoft Office
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Office for macOS
Microsoft Word for macOS

How to mitigate CVE-2016-3316



Links to Public Exploits and PoC-codes

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