CVE-2016-3235

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-3235
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-16 01:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-12 22:12:00 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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."

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.811640000 probability, percentile 0.991540000 (date 2026-04-01)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown

Problem Types: CWE-264

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorMicrosoft
ProductOffice
NameMicrosoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3235

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Visio 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2010 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2013 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2010 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2013 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Visio 2016 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Viewer 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 All All All
Application Microsoft Visio Viewer 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Microsoft Office Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information and Let Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS16-070 - Critical | Microsoft Docs MS docs.microsoft.com
Microsoft Visio DLL Hijacking ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com
Microsoft Visio multiple DLL side loading vulnerabilities MISC www.securify.nl
Full Disclosure: Microsoft Visio multiple DLL side loading vulnerabilities FULLDISC seclists.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev
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