Microsoft Office Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1036559 |
SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1036559
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2016-3313, CVE-2016-3315, CVE-2016-3316, CVE-2016-3317, CVE-2016-3318
(Links to External Site)
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Updated: Aug 23 2016
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Original Entry Date: Aug 9 2016
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Impact:
Disclosure of system information, Disclosure of user information, Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Fix Available: Yes Vendor Confirmed: Yes
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Version(s): 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, 2016; Office for Mac 2011; Office 2016 for Mac; Word Viewer
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Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities were reported in Microsoft Office. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system. A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted OneNote file that, when loaded by the target user, will access OneNote objects in memory and obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system [CVE-2016-3315].
A remote user can create a specially crafted file that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger a memory corruption error and execute arbitrary code on the target user's system [CVE-2016-3313, CVE-2016-3316, CVE-2016-3317, CVE-2016-3318].
Arun Kumar Sharma (via Trend Micro's Zero Day Initiative (ZDI)), Dhanesh Kizhakkinan of FireEye Inc, Francis Provencher of COSIG, Jaanus Kaap, Sebastien Morin of COSIG, Udi Yavo of enSilo Inc, and dannywei of Tencent's Xuanwu Lab reported these vulnerabilities.
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Impact:
A remote user can create content that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
A remote user can obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
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Solution:
The vendor has issued a fix.
A patch matrix is available in the vendor advisory.
[Editor's note: On August 22, 2016, the vendor updated their advisory to announce that the 4.6.7 update for Microsoft Office for Mac 2011 (3179162) and the 15.25 update for Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac (3179163) are now available.]
The Microsoft advisory is available at:
https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-099
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Vendor URL: technet.microsoft.com/library/security/ms16-099 (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Access control error
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Underlying OS: Windows (Any)
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Message History:
None.
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