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CVE-2016-0052

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0052 is a memory corruption vulnerability affecting numerous Microsoft Word and Office products, including various versions of Word, Office Compatibility Pack, Office Web Apps Server, and SharePoint Server. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code when a user opens a specially crafted Office document. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), successful exploitation grants high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no public exploit code available, it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x64:*:*:*:*:*
2010CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:x86:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_compatibility_pack:*:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_web_apps_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
2013CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:sharepoint_server:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
19.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1954 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.microsoft.com / en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-015
securitytracker.com / id/1034975
securitytracker.com / id/1034976