How severe is CVE-2016-3235?

CVE-2016-3235 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 43.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-3235: Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2021-11-03

Remediation due

2022-05-03

Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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

Description

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA7.8 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableno

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

6 Links

Vendor advisories

MS16-070

Mailing lists

Vulnerability databases

1036093

Other references

Record Details

Published

2016-06-16

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

microsoft

Credited to

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