PT-2016-2769 · Microsoft · Office

Published 2016-09-14 · Updated 2018-10-12 · CVE-2016-0137

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office versions 2013 SP1 through 2016

Description The issue is related to errors in security settings in the Click-to-Run (C2R) implementation of Microsoft Office, allowing a remote attacker to bypass the Address Space Layout Randomization (ASLR) protection mechanism using a specially crafted application.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office versions 2013 SP1 through 2016, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-254

Related Identifiers

BDU:2016-02171

CVE-2016-0137

Affected Products

Office

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-0137 · Vendor Advisory
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-107 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2016-02171 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-0137 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-107 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92785 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1036785 · Note