Threats / Microsoft / CVE-2016-7193
CVE-2016-7193
· EUVD no mirror located
· GCVE no mirror located
Verified 2026-06-22
Microsoft Office vulnerability
Microsoft Office memory corruption vulnerability enabling remote code execution. CVSS not assigned; EPSS 0.74 indicates high exploitation likelihood. Actively exploited in the wild.
Verdict
Today item — known-exploited.
A memory corruption flaw in Microsoft Office allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting malicious documents. Active exploitation demonstrates immediate risk to organizations relying on Office for document processing.
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Is it exploitable?
— the evidence, ranked above the scoreReported exploitation
3 independent public reports of in-the-wild exploitation are cataloged.Distinct reporting sources (vendor, incident response, government); open them for the underlying claims.
Exploited in the wild
Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2022-03-03).
Probability (EPSS)
EPSS 0.57705 — modeled likelihood of exploitation activity.EPSS is a daily-changing model output — open the source for today's value.
Severity / affected
Affected: Microsoft, Office. Confirm exact fixed builds in the vendor advisory.
Weakness (CWE)
Mapped to CWE-119 Memory Buffer Bounds Error — weakness family: Memory safety.CWE assignment from the public NVD record; the weakness class drives how the flaw is exploited.
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Who’s exploiting it?
— attribution turns risk into urgencyAttribution not established
No confirmed (advisory-backed) threat-actor attribution is established for this record. Absence of a named actor is not absence of compromise — see Coverage & confidence.
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Why it matters
— the attack path, told twice: adversary, then board1
Front door — unauthenticated access narrative 1
Attacker
I craft a malicious Office document exploiting the memory corruption flaw.
Business
Employees receive and open the document, triggering code execution on their systems.
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Keys to the kingdom — privilege/identity takeover narrative 2
Attacker
I distribute the weaponized document via email or file-sharing platforms to target users.
Business
Initial compromise establishes a foothold for lateral movement and persistence within the network.
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Lateral reach — past segmentation narrative 3
Attacker
I execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running Office.
Business
Attackers gain access to sensitive data, intellectual property, and credentials stored on compromised endpoints.
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What to do
— defensible action- Remediate per the vendor advisory — confirm the fixed build for your version and verify exposure.1
Say it to the boardA vulnerability with this evidence profile is a defensible budget line, not a backlog ticket — fund the change against the proof above.
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