Intrusion PreventionMS.Office.MScomctl.ocx.Information.Disclosure
Description
This indicates an attack attempt against an Information Disclosure vulnerability in Microsoft Office.
The vulnerability is due to improper validation of a system call when handling a crafted file. A remote attacker can exploit this to disclose memory contents and then bypass ASLR feature on the affected machines via the crafted file.
Affected Products
Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Excel 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Visio 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Word 2007 Service Pack 3
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Word 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
Microsoft Word 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
Microsoft Excel 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft PowerPoint 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Word 2013 RT Service Pack 1
Microsoft Office 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Excel 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Excel 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft Visio 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Visio 2016 (64-bit edition)
Microsoft Word 2016 (32-bit edition)
Microsoft Word 2016 (64-bit edition)
Impact
Information Disclosure: Remote attackers can gain sensitive information from vulnerable systems
Recommended Actions
Apply the most recent upgrade or patch from the vendor
http://technet.microsoft.com/security/bulletin/MS16-004
Telemetry
Coverage
| IPS (Regular DB) | |
| IPS (Extended DB) |
Version Updates
| Date | Version | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-06-07 | 14.628 | Severity:high:medium |
| ID | 41927 |
| Created | Jan 12, 2016 |
| Updated | May 02, 2022 |
| Risk |
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| CVE ID | CVE-2016-0012 |
| Exploit Prediction Score | 17.97% |
| Default Action | drop |
| Active | |
| Affected OS | Windows, MacOS |
| Affected App | MS_Office |