Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2016-7290 is a Microsoft Office vulnerability where a specially crafted document could expose information from application memory or crash the affected Office component. Business risk depends on whether legacy Office 2007/2010, Word for Mac 2011, or SharePoint 2010 Office services still process untrusted documents. Exposure is most likely in organizations retaining Office 2007 SP3, Office/Word 2010 SP2, Office Compatibility Pack SP3, Word for Mac 2011, Word Automation Services on SharePoint 2010 SP2, or Office Web Apps 2010 SP2. Treat this as a legacy-platform cleanup and patch verification item. It is not KEV-listed, but affected products are old and document-borne issues can create meaningful exposure if untrusted files reach them. Mitigation focus: Apply Microsoft security update guidance in MS16-148 or superseding updates.; Retire unsupported legacy Office and SharePoint 2010 components where possible.; Limit processing of untrusted Office documents on legacy systems..
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- MS16-148CVE reference · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MS
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