PT-2017-1635 · Microsoft · Office Compatibility Pack+2

Published 2017-03-14 · Updated 2017-07-12 · CVE-2017-0031

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 (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Word (affected versions not specified) Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack (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 (memory corruption) by using a specially crafted document. An attacker who successfully exploits the issue could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user has administrative rights, the attacker could take control of the affected system, install programs, view, change, or delete data, or create new accounts with full user rights. Users with fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than those operating with administrative rights.

Recommendations 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:2017-00788

CVE-2017-0031

Affected Products

Office

Office Compatibility Pack

Office Word

References · 8

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-0031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-0031 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0031 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-00788 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0031 · Security Note
• http://technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS17-014 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038010 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/96052 · Note