PT-2017-2470 · Microsoft · Office+1

Yong Chuan Koh + 1 · Published 2017-07-11 · Updated 2017-07-14 · CVE-2017-8502

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 The issue is related to the way Microsoft Office handles objects in memory, allowing for remote code execution. An attacker could exploit this 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:2017-01680

CVE-2017-8502

Affected Products

Office

Office Excel

References · 7

• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-01680 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8502 · Vendor Advisory
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8502 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8502 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8502 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1038851 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/99442 · Note