CVE-2016-3235
Microsoft Office: OLE DLL Side Loading
As of , CVE-2016-3235 in Microsoft Office is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 3 November 2021
- US federal deadline
- 3 May 2022181 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.43Higher than 98% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- Not availableCISA listed it before 4 February 2022, where the EPSS files we read begin.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 1 Exploit-DB entry (1 verified)
- Fix
- No vendor link in CISA's entry
What CISA says to do
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA's required action
What the flaw is
Microsoft Office Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) dynamic link library (DLL) contains a side loading vulnerability due to it improperly validating input before loading libraries. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.
CISA's description
Microsoft Visio 2007 SP3, Visio 2010 SP2, Visio 2013 SP1, Visio 2016, Visio Viewer 2007 SP3, and Visio Viewer 2010 mishandle library loading, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability."
The CVE record's description, from microsoft
- CVE published
- 16 June 2016
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- CVSS
- 7.8 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-264
- Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- no
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 41706).
- The CVE record was published.
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: Office OLE Multiple DLL Side Loading Vulnerabilitiesexploit module, rank normal
- Exploit-DB: Microsoft Office - OLE Multiple DLL Side Loading Vulnerabilities (MS15-132/MS16-014/MS16-025/MS16-041/MS16-070) (Metasploit)EDB-ID 41706, verified by Exploit-DB, 8 December 2015
Office: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-3333Stack-based Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekMetasploit module; EPSS 0.89; verified Exploit-DB entry | 0.89 | ||
| CVE-2017-11882Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekRansomware use; Metasploit module; EPSS 0.99 | 0.99 | ||
| CVE-2026-21509Security Feature Bypass | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.71 | 0.71 | ||
| CVE-2009-0556PowerPoint Code Injection | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.67 | 0.67 | ||
| CVE-2023-23397Outlook Privilege Escalation | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.97 | 0.97 | ||
| CVE-2009-0563Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.63 | 0.63 | ||
| CVE-2013-1331Buffer Overflow | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.80 | 0.80 | ||
| CVE-2012-1856MSCOMCTL.OCX Remote Code Execution | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.72 | 0.72 | ||
| CVE-2015-2545Malformed EPS File | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.86 | 0.86 | ||
| CVE-2016-7193Memory Corruption | Microsoft Office | Patch this weekEPSS 0.58 | 0.58 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org