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CVE-2016-3235

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3235 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of Microsoft Visio and Visio Viewer, where improper library loading allows local users to elevate privileges through a specially crafted application. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, with exploit code available in Metasploit, and has garnered significant community discussion, indicating its relevance and potential threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2016CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visio_viewer:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
43.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
Metasploit: Office OLE Multiple DLL Side Loading Vulnerabilities · Dec 8, 2015
ExploitDB: EDB-41706 · Dec 8, 2015
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.4343 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (10)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2010 Service Pack 2 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 (64-bit Edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (32-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2013 Service Pack 1 (64-bit editions)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2016 (32-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio 2016 (64-bit edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio Viewer 2010 (32-bit Edition)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visio Viewer 2007 Service Pack 3
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2016-Jun/CVE-2016-3235Important

Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Jun 14, 2016

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/137490/Microsoft-Visio-DLL-Hijacking.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-070
PatchVendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/32
Broken LinkMailing ListThird Party Advisory
securify.nl / advisory/SFY20150804/microsoft_visio_multiple_dll_side_loading_vulnerabilities.html
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538685/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036093
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry