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CVE-2016-7291 Detail

Current Description

Microsoft Word 2007 SP3, Office 2010 SP2, Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word for Mac 2011, Word Automation Services on SharePoint Server 2010 SP2, and Office Web Apps 2010 SP2 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted document, aka "Microsoft Office Information Disclosure Vulnerability," a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-7290.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  12/20/2016
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Impact

CVSS v3.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.1 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H (V3 legend)
Impact Score: 5.2
Exploitability Score: 1.8

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.8 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 4.9
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Partial
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Partial
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94671 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037441 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-148

Technical Details

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Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.3

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:/a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:-:sp3
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:office_web_apps:2010:sp2
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2010:sp2
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:word:2007:sp3
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:word:2010:sp2
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:word_automation_services:-
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 cpe:/a:microsoft:word_for_mac:2011
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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-7291
NVD Published Date:
12/20/2016
NVD Last Modified:
10/12/2018