THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-3313
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-3313

Office vulnerability

CVSS
7.8
EPSS
49.8%
EPSS pct
99th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Office
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-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
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 49.8% 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-2016-3313

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Office is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-3313.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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