NVD - CVE-2017-11882 (original) (raw)

CVE-2017-11882 Detail

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.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH

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

ADP: CISA-ADP

Base Score: 7.8 HIGH

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

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH

Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Patch Vendor Advisory
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-11882 CISA-ADP US Government Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ CVE, Microsoft Corporation Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 CVE, Microsoft Corporation Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability 11/03/2021 05/03/2022 Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST CISA-ADP

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Change History

22 change records found show changes

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/22/2026 9:48:45 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference Type CISA-ADP: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field\_cve=CVE-2017-11882 Types: US Government Resource

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 8:16:02 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field\_cve=CVE-2017-11882

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 4:16:47 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Removed Reference https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field\_cve=CVE-2017-11882

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 10/21/2025 3:17:03 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field\_cve=CVE-2017-11882

Modified Analysis by NIST 4/07/2025 4:38:31 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value

CVE Modified by CISA-ADP 2/10/2025 3:15:39 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CWE CWE-119

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 10:08:40 PM

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

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 5/14/2024 12:17:28 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value

Modified Analysis by NIST 3/16/2021 1:21:45 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Changed Reference Type https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ No Types Assigned https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 1/26/2021 1:15:24 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ [No Types Assigned]
Removed Reference https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about [Broken Link]

Modified Analysis by NIST 5/02/2019 2:32:24 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Changed Reference Type http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Third Party Advisory http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Third Party Advisory https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Third Party Advisory https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Broken Link
Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ No Types Assigned https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/30/2017 9:29:01 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/11/2017 9:29:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/05/2017 9:29:06 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by NIST 12/05/2017 7:32:50 AM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Added CWE CWE-119
Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Changed Reference Type http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 No Types Assigned http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html No Types Assigned https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html No Types Assigned https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about No Types Assigned https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit No Types Assigned https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 Patch, Vendor Advisory
Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 12/04/2017 9:29:03 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/28/2017 9:29:07 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/22/2017 9:29:00 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/21/2017 9:29:02 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/17/2017 9:29:02 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/16/2017 9:29:01 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Microsoft Corporation 11/15/2017 9:29:04 PM

Action Type Old Value New Value
Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 [No Types Assigned]
Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 [No Types Assigned]

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2017-11882
NVD Published Date:
11/14/2017
NVD Last Modified:
04/22/2026
Source:
Microsoft Corporation