What is CVE-2016-0141?

CVE-2016-0141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2016-0141?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Microsoft Office

CVE-2016-0141

The Visual Basic macros in Microsoft Office 2007 SP3, 2010 SP2, 2013 SP1, and 2016 export a certificate-store private key during a document-save operation, which allows attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, aka "Microsoft Information Disclosure Vulnerability."

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

EPSS: 0.049 (91.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Microsoft Office — versions 2007, 2010, 2013
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
secure@microsoft.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
secure@microsoft.com (x_refsource_MS, vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0141?: CVE-2016-0141 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Office, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2016-0141?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.