SB2016101125 - Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Published: October 11, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016101125
Severity
Critical
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Memory corruption (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-7193)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.The weakness exists due to boundary error when handling of malicious RTF files by Microsoft Word. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted RTF document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger memory corruption and execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability will result in arbitrary code execution.
Note: the vulnerability was being actively exploited.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.