microsoft visio CVE-2016-3235 vulnerability in Microsoft Products
Published on June 16, 2016

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."

Vendor Advisory NVD

Known Exploited Vulnerability

This Microsoft Visio/Office OLE DLL Side Loading vulnerability is part of CISA's list of Known Exploited Vulnerabilities. Allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application, aka "Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability.".

The following remediation steps are recommended / required by May 3, 2022: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2016-3235 can be exploited with local system access, requires user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. This vulnerability is known to be actively exploited by threat actors. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
NONE
User Interaction:
REQUIRED
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

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Exploit Probability

EPSS
81.16%
Percentile
99.14%

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