PT-2017-2469 · Microsoft · Office+2

Published 2017-07-11 · Updated 2017-07-14 · CVE-2017-8501

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 due to the way Microsoft Office handles objects in memory. This could allow 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, change, or delete 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 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

BDU:2017-01679

CVE-2017-8501

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

Sharepoint Server

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8501 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8501 · Security Note
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01679 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038851 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99441 · Note