Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-7268 affects older Microsoft Word and Office components. A malicious document could make Word expose sensitive process memory or crash. Business urgency depends on whether these legacy products still exist and handle untrusted documents. Exposure is most likely in environments still running the listed 2007, 2010, Word Viewer, Office Compatibility Pack, Word for Mac 2011, SharePoint 2010 Word Automation Services, or Office Web Apps 2010 components. Treat this as a targeted legacy-software risk. It is not supported by the provided sources as actively exploited, but remaining affected Office deployments should be patched or removed because document handling is a common exposure path. Mitigation focus: Apply Microsoft MS16-148 security update guidance to affected Office components.; Inventory and prioritize systems running the listed legacy Word and Office products.; Limit processing of untrusted Office documents until affected components are updated..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- MS16-148CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
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