CVE-2017-11882

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-11882
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermicrosoft
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-11-15 03:29:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-22 13:48:45 UTC
DescriptionMicrosoft 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 7.8 HIGH from [email protected]

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

EPSS: 0.999450000 probability, percentile 0.999720000 (date 2026-07-21)

CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Known

Problem Types: CWE-119 | Remote Code Execution | CWE-119 CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Primary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1ADPDECLARED7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0Secondary7.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

VendorMicrosoft
ProductOffice
NameMicrosoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Required ActionApply updates per vendor instructions.
Noteshttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-11882

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Office 2007 sp3 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2010 sp2 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2013 sp1 All All
Application Microsoft Office 2016 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office affected Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office 2016 Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Office - OLE Remote Code Execution - Windows remote Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GitHub - rxwx/CVE-2017-11882: Proof-of-Concept exploits for CVE-2017-11882 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Microsoft Excel Bugs Let Remote Users Bypass Security and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Microsoft Office CVE-2017-11882 Memory Corruption Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
GitHub - 0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit: This is a Metasploit module which exploits CVE-2017-11882 using the POC released here : https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - embedi/CVE-2017-11882: Proof-of-Concept exploits for CVE-2017-11882 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
0patch Blog: Did Microsoft Just Manually Patch Their Equation Editor Executable? Why Yes, Yes They Did. (CVE-2017-11882) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 0patch.blogspot.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Fileless Code Injection in Word without macros (CVE-2017-11882) « reversingminds's Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 reversingminds-blog.logdown.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - unamer/CVE-2017-11882: CVE-2017-11882 Exploit accepts over 17k bytes long command/code in maximum. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Skeleton in the closet. MS Office vulnerability you didn’t know about – Embedi af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web.archive.org Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 portal.msrc.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Analysis of CVE-2017-11882 Exploit in the Wild - Palo Alto Networks Blog af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 www.cisa.gov US Government Resource
Vulnerability Note VU#421280 - Microsoft Office Equation Editor stack buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
0patch Blog: Microsoft's Manual Binary Patch For CVE-2017-11882 Meets 0patch af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 0patch.blogspot.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog CISA www.cisa.gov kev

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
ADP2021-11-03T00:00:00.000ZCVE-2017-11882 added to CISA KEV

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