CVE-2016-7289

Publisher vulnerability

CVSS

7.8

EPSS

25.1%

EPSS pct

98th

Exploited

No known

Microsoft Publisher 2010 SP2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."

Affected vendor

Microsoft

Affected product

Publisher

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

2016-12-20

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 25.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 98% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Microsoft Publisher is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-7289.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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