PT-2017-1603 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+2

Published 2017-03-14 · Updated 2017-07-12 · CVE-2017-0052

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in memory, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by using a specially crafted document. Successful exploitation could enable an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the system, install programs, view or modify data, or create new accounts with full user rights. The exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.

Recommendations For Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability. For Microsoft Office, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-00748

CVE-2017-0052

Affected Products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack

Office Excel

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0052 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0052 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00748 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0052 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0052 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS17-014 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038010 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96741 · Note