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CVE-2016-0055

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-0055 is a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3 that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted Office document. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk, as it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user opens a malicious file. While the EPSS score suggests a moderate likelihood of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code available in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it is not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, nor does it show active community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2007CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
16.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1629 is in the 96th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

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