CVE-2016-3235

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-11-03. Federal remediation due 2022-05-03.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

43.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-06-16 01:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-15

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.1

Document digest

7b51c09ef5d2c12a0a0eea49beec08885bd5bf4eca308d411f7ab8ebbc14dee4

• www.securify.nlhttps://www.securify.nl/advisory/SFY20150804/microsoft_visio_multiple_dll_side_loading_vulnerabilities.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• docs.microsoft.comMS16-070https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2016/ms16-070vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
• www.securityfocus.com20160615 Microsoft Visio multiple DLL side loading vulnerabilitieshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538685/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securitytracker.com1036093http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036093vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/137490/Microsoft-Visio-DLL-Hijacking.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• seclists.org20160615 Microsoft Visio multiple DLL side loading vulnerabilitieshttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Jun/32mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3235government-resource