What happened
Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, 2013 RT SP1, and 2016, Word 2016 for Mac, and Word Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted file, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Affected versions
n/a: n/a Fixed: See vendor advisory.
Why it matters
Review the vendor advisory and exposure of the affected product to determine operational impact.
Detection & mitigation
- Apply vendor-provided updates or mitigations.
- Review affected product exposure and access logs.
Public PoC references
RepositoryAuthorFirst seenReference
Exploit-DB 40224Microsoft Word 2007/2010/2013/2016 - Out-of-Bounds Read Code Execution (MS16-099)COSIG2016-08-10VerifiedSource timeline
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Record history
Record created from the first normalized source observation.
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