THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3301
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3301

Live Meeting vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
44.5%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
The Windows font library in Microsoft Windows Vista SP2; Windows Server 2008 SP2 and R2 SP1; Windows 7 SP1; Windows 8.1; Windows Server 2012 Gold and R2; Windows RT 8.1; Windows 10 Gold, 1511, and 1607; Office 2007 SP3; Office 2010 SP2; Word Viewer; Skype for Business 2016; Lync 2013 SP1; Lync 2010; Lync 2010 Attendee; and Live Meeting 2007 Console allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted embedded font, aka "Windows Graphics Component RCE Vulnerability."
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Live Meeting
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2016-08-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 44.5% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it among the most exploited CVEs currently tracked.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-3301

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Live Meeting is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3301.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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