CVE-2017-11882
Scores
EPSS
Percentile: 94.4%
CVSS
CVSS Score: 7.8/10
All CVSS Scores
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Privileges Required
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
User Interaction
Required (R)
Captures the requirement for a human user participation
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Determines if a successful attack impacts components beyond the vulnerable component
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
High (H)
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vector Breakdown
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) vector provides detailed metrics about vulnerability characteristics
CVSS
Attack Vector
Network (N)
Describes how the vulnerability is exploited
Attack Complexity
Medium
Describes the conditions beyond the attacker's control
Authentication
None (N)
Describes the level of privileges an attacker must possess
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the confidentiality of information
Integrity Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to integrity of a successfully exploited vulnerability
Availability Impact
Complete
Measures the impact to the availability of the impacted component
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.
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CWEs
Related Vulnerabilities
Exploits
Exploit ID: CVE-2017-11882
Source: github-poc
Recommendations
Source: nvd
Apply an updateThis issue is addressed in CVE-2017-11882 | Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability.Disable Microsoft Equation Editor in OfficeThe vulnerable Equation Editor component can be disabled in Microsoft Office by importing the following registry values:Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Common\COM Compatibility{0002CE02-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]“Compatibility Flags”=dword:00000400[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Office\Common\COM Compatibility{0002CE02-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]“Compatibility Flags”=dword:00000400Add EMET or Windows Defender Exploit Guard protections to eqnedt32.exeExploitation of the vulnerable Equation Editor can be prevented by applying exploit mitigations to the eqnedt32.exe executable. In particular, enabling ASLR for should be sufficient to block the code re-use attack that is outlined in the Embedi documentation.Enable system-wide ASLR in WindowsWindows with properly-enabled system-wide ASLR (see VU#817544 for more details affecting Windows 8 and newer systems) will block known exploits for this vulnerability.
Vulnerable Software (9)
Type: Configuration
Vendor: microsoft
Product: office
Operating System: * * *
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"vulnerable": true
},
{
"cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",...{
"cpe_match": [
{
"cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true
},
{
"cpe23uri": "cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}Source: nvd
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB3162047
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011580
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011618
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011610
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011604
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011656
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011262
Source: msrc
Type: Windows KB
Vendor: Microsoft
Product: Windows
Operating System: Windows
Identifier: KB4011574
Source: msrc