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CVE-2016-3235

Microsoft Visio 2007 SP3, Visio 2010 SP2, Visio 2013 SP1, Visio 2016, Visio Viewer 2007 SP3, and Visio Viewer 2010 mishandle library loading

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Listed in CISA KEV
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

Microsoft Visio and Visio Viewer (multiple older releases) are affected. A local user could exploit improper library loading to run code with higher privileges than they should have.

Summarized by anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5. Verify details against the original sources.

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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."

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. Added to CISA KEV

    CISA has evidence of exploitation in the wild

  3. CISA remediation deadline

    Due date for US federal agencies to patch

  4. Record last updated
  5. EPSS reached 10%

    FIRST estimates at least a 10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Affected versions

  • n/a n/a

    Version range not reported

References 6

securify.nl

docs.microsoft.com

securityfocus.com

securitytracker.com

packetstormsecurity.com

seclists.org