CVE-2016-3235 on CISA KEV

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."

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

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."

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• www.securify.nl — https://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20150804/microsoft_visio_multiple_dll_side_l…
• docs.microsoft.com — https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-07…
• www.securityfocus.com — http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538685/100/0/threaded
• www.securitytracker.com — http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036093
• packetstormsecurity.com — http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137490/Microsoft-Visio-DLL-Hijacking.html
• seclists.org — http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/32

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

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06Detection

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