🛡 CVE-2016-3235
Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability
Microsoft Office CWE-264
Ransomware use
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CISA KEV
EPSS
43.4%
Elevated · 99th pct
Added to KEV
2021-11-03
CISA
Remediate by
2022-05-03
⚠ OVERDUE
CWE
CWE-264
weakness
📈 EPSS exploit probability
43.4%
FIRST EPSS — 30-day probability of exploitation in the wild · band Elevated · higher than 99% of all scored CVEs
⚠ KEV remediation overdue
CISA required federal remediation by 2022-05-03. This exploited vulnerability is past its Binding Operational Directive 22-01 due date — prioritize patch/mitigation and hunt for exploitation.
📄 Description
Microsoft Office Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) dynamic link library (DLL) contains a side loading vulnerability due to it improperly validating input before loading libraries. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.
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