Vulnerabilities > CVE-2016-0122 - Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer vulnerability in Microsoft products
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Microsoft Excel 2007 SP3, Excel 2010 SP2, Excel 2013 SP1, Excel 2013 RT SP1, Excel 2016, Word 2016 for Mac, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, and Excel Viewer allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Office document, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability."
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 8 |
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
- Overflow Buffers Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
- Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
- Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
- MIME Conversion An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.
Exploit-Db
| description | Microsoft Office Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution (MS16-042). CVE-2016-0122. Dos exploit for windows platform |
| file | exploits/windows/local/39694.txt |
| id | EDB-ID:39694 |
| last seen | 2016-04-14 |
| modified | 2016-04-14 |
| platform | windows |
| port | |
| published | 2016-04-14 |
| reporter | Sébastien Morin |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/39694/ |
| title | Microsoft Office Excel Out-of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution MS16-042 |
| type | local |
Msbulletin
| bulletin_id | MS16-042 |
| bulletin_url | |
| date | 2016-04-12T00:00:00 |
| impact | Remote Code Execution |
| knowledgebase_id | 3148775 |
| knowledgebase_url | |
| severity | Critical |
| title | Security Update for Microsoft Office |
Nessus
NASL family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins NASL id SMB_NT_MS16-042.NASL description The version of Microsoft Office installed on the remote Windows host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities due to improper handling of objects in memory. A remote attacker can exploit these issues by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file in Microsoft Office, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90436 published 2016-04-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90436 title MS16-042: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3148775) NASL family MacOS X Local Security Checks NASL id MACOSX_MS16-042_OFFICE.NASL description The version of Microsoft Office installed on the remote Mac OS X host is affected by multiple remote code execution vulnerabilities due to improper handling of objects in memory. A remote attacker can exploit these issues by convincing a user to open a specially crafted file in Microsoft Office, resulting in the execution of arbitrary code in the context of the current user. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 90430 published 2016-04-12 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2016-2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/90430 title MS16-042: Security Update for Microsoft Office (3148775) (Mac OS X)