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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

This vulnerability is actively exploited in the wild and listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Remediation Deadline: May 3, 2022

CVE-2016-3235

High
EPSS 81.2%CISA KEV
Microsoft/Office

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.

EPSS — Exploit Probability

81.2%

Higher than 99.1% of all CVEs

Required Action

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3235

Risk Assessment

HIGH
In CISA KEV
High EPSS

Details

Severity
High
EPSS
81.2%
CISA KEV
Yes
Ransomware
Unknown
Articles
0

Timeline

Published

Nov 3, 2021

Added to KEV

Nov 3, 2021

Remediation Due

May 3, 2022

Affected Product

Microsoft

Office

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