Actively exploited · Published Nov 15, 2017 · Assigned by microsoft
CVE-2017-11882
High 7.8 Exploited Ransomware
In plain English
A high-severity memory corruption in Microsoft Office from Microsoft Corporation. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on November 3, 2021). It has been used in ransomware campaigns. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 99.9% (higher than 99.9% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Metasploit, public proof-of-concept code. Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA guidance
Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Federal agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.
Official 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Corporation | Microsoft Office | Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office 2016 |
Weakness: CWE-119 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
- https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 x_refsource_MISC
- http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 x_refsource_MISC
- 101757 vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ x_refsource_MISC
- 1039783 vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
- VU#421280 third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CERT-VN
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit x_refsource_MISC
- 43163 exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-11882 government-resource