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Detect date

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12/13/2016

Severity

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Critical

Description

Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft Office. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, cause denial of service, gain priveleges.

Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities:

Memory corruption vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code;
Information disclosure vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specialy designed document to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information (from process memory);
Mishandling of click upon a specially designed cell can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code;
Mishandling or a registry check can be exploited remotely via specially designed embedded content of a document to execute arbitrary code;
Misparsing of file formats can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to execute arbitrary code;
Vulnerability in Uniscribe can be exploited remotely via a specially designed site to execute arbitrary code;
Mishandling of library loading can be exploited by malicious local users via a specially designed application to gain privileges.

Affected products

Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Excel 2016
Microsoft Excel Viewer
Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac
Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2016
Microsoft Word Viewer
Microsoft Word for Mac 2011
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2010
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office 2013
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac
Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3
Microsoft Publisher 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Auto Updater for Mac
Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3
Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2

Solution

Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)

Original advisories

MS16-148
CVE-2016-7257
CVE-2016-7274
CVE-2016-7277
CVE-2016-7276
CVE-2016-7275
CVE-2016-7268
CVE-2016-7267
CVE-2016-7300
CVE-2016-7291
CVE-2016-7290
CVE-2016-7289
CVE-2016-7262
CVE-2016-7263
CVE-2016-7264
CVE-2016-7265
CVE-2016-7266

Impacts

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ACE

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OSI

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DoS

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SB

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PE

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SUI

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Detect date ?	12/13/2016
Severity ?	Critical
Description	Multiple serious vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft Office. Malicious users can exploit these vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, cause denial of service, gain priveleges. Below is a complete list of vulnerabilities: Memory corruption vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code; Information disclosure vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specialy designed document to cause a denial of service or obtain sensitive information (from process memory); Mishandling of click upon a specially designed cell can be exploited remotely to execute arbitrary code; Mishandling or a registry check can be exploited remotely via specially designed embedded content of a document to execute arbitrary code; Misparsing of file formats can be exploited remotely via a specially designed document to execute arbitrary code; Vulnerability in Uniscribe can be exploited remotely via a specially designed site to execute arbitrary code; Mishandling of library loading can be exploited by malicious local users via a specially designed application to gain privileges.
Affected products	Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1 Microsoft Excel 2016 Microsoft Excel Viewer Microsoft Excel 2011 for Mac Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2016 Microsoft Word Viewer Microsoft Word for Mac 2011 Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3 Microsoft Office 2010 Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office 2013 Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office 2013 RT Service Pack 1 Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack Service Pack 3 Microsoft Publisher 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Auto Updater for Mac Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Excel Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007 Service Pack 3 Word Automation Services on Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2 Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 Service Pack 2
Solution	Install necessary updates from the KB section, that are listed in your Windows Update (Windows Update usually can be accessed from the Control Panel)
Original advisories	MS16-148 CVE-2016-7257 CVE-2016-7274 CVE-2016-7277 CVE-2016-7276 CVE-2016-7275 CVE-2016-7268 CVE-2016-7267 CVE-2016-7300 CVE-2016-7291 CVE-2016-7290 CVE-2016-7289 CVE-2016-7262 CVE-2016-7263 CVE-2016-7264 CVE-2016-7265 CVE-2016-7266
Impacts ?	ACE [?] OSI [?] DoS [?] SB [?] PE [?] SUI [?]
Related products	Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2010 Microsoft Office Microsoft Excel Microsoft Word Microsoft Sharepoint Server
CVE-IDS ?	CVE-2016-72574.3Warning CVE-2016-72749.3Critical CVE-2016-72779.3Critical CVE-2016-72765.8High CVE-2016-72757.2High CVE-2016-72685.8High CVE-2016-72674.3Warning CVE-2016-73004.6Warning CVE-2016-72915.8High CVE-2016-72905.8High CVE-2016-72899.3Critical CVE-2016-72626.8High CVE-2016-72639.3Critical CVE-2016-72645.8High CVE-2016-72655.8High CVE-2016-72666.8High
Microsoft official advisories	Microsoft Security Update Guide
KB list	3118380 2889841 3128008 3127986 2883033 3128022 3128023 3128026 3128035 3128032 3198800 3128024 3128043 3128044 3128016 3127995 3128019 3127892 3128020 3128029 3198808 3114395 3128037 3127968 3128025 3128034
Exploitation	Public exploits exist for this vulnerability. Malware exists for this vulnerability. Usually such malware is classified as Exploit. More details.
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KLA10921Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office

KLA10921
Multiple vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office