CVE-2017-11825 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user, due to how Microsoft Office handles files in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Remote Code Execution Vulnerability".

Published: 2017-10-13

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: 32.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Office 2016, Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`Microsoft Office 2016 Click-to-Run (C2R) and Microsoft Office 2016 for Mac`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016::::click-to-run:::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office_for_mac:2016:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.32412.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101124
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039539
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11825

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Office For Mac

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published: 2017-10-13T13:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-17T04:09:50.646Z

Reserved: 2017-07-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-11825

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-13T13:29:02.037

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-11825

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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