CVE-2016-7262: Microsoft Office Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Description

A security feature bypass vulnerability exists when Microsoft Office improperly handles input. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could execute arbitrary commands.

Required action (CISA)

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Notes

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262

Weakness behind it

CISA records this vulnerability as an instance of CWE-20. From there the chain continues into CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques, all inside this corpus.

References

• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7262
• KEV catalog: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog