Advisory Details

September 16th, 2016

Microsoft Office Excel Art Data Memory Corruption Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2016-3365
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Microsoft
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Office Excel
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION	Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['24886']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Microsoft Office Excel. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the processing of art data within a spreadsheet. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate user-supplied data which can result in a memory corruption condition. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Microsoft has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS16-107
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2016-06-06 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2016-09-16 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Steven Seeley of Source Incite

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