HIGHCVSS v3.1 7.8Actively exploited · CISA KEV since 2021-11-03Vulnerability

CVE-2016-3235

Microsoft Office Object Linking & Embedding (OLE) dynamic link library (DLL) contains a side loading vulnerability due to it improperly validating input before loading libraries. Successful exploitation allows for remote code execution.

Properties

Vulnerability name
Microsoft Office OLE DLL Side Loading Vulnerability
First seen
2025-10-21T23:55:51+00:00
Cvss score
7.8
Epss score
0.43308
Last seen
2026-10-19T12:00:27+00:00
Due date
2022-05-03
Euvd assigner
microsoft
Retrieved at
2026-10-21T01:24:47+00:00
Exploited euvd since
2021-11-03T00:00:00+00:00
Src batch id
epss_history-20261020T103617Z-728ddd
Source url
https://epss.empiricalsecurity.com/epss_scores-2026-10-19.csv.gz
Date added
2021-11-03
Score
7.8
Euvd base score version
3.1
Fetched at
2026-10-20T10:36:20+00:00
Cvss vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
In Signal since
initial import (Sep 2026)
Euvd base score
7.8
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vendor project
Microsoft

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