PT-2017-18505 · Microsoft · Office

Lucas Leong · Published 2017-09-12 · Updated 2023-10-03 · CVE-2017-8744

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)

Description A remote code execution issue exists in Microsoft Office software due to its failure to properly handle objects in memory. This could allow an attacker to use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. Exploitation requires a user to open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-8744

ZDI-17-730

Affected Products

Office

References · 9

• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8744 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8744 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8744 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-17-730 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/58921 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/20749 · Telegram Post
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/100748 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1039315 · Note