CVE-2017-11882

Known Exploited Public Exploit

Description

Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.

Category

7.8
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 94.38% Top 5%
KEV Since 
Vendor Advisory microsoft.com
Affected: Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 third party advisory exploit
http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 third party advisory exploit
https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 third party advisory exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 vdb entry third party advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 patch vendor advisory
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ third party advisory exploit
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 vdb entry third party advisory
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 third party advisory us government resource
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html third party advisory exploit
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html exploit third party advisory patch
https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit third party advisory exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ exploit vdb entry third party advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ exploit third party advisory mitigation

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2017-11882?
CVE-2017-11882 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2017-11882?
To fix CVE-2017-11882, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2017-11882 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is confirmed that CVE-2017-11882 is actively exploited. Be extra cautious if you are using vulnerable components. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~94% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2017-11882?
CVE-2017-11882 affects Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office.
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