CVE-2017-11882Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of t…
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by May 3, 2022, and it is known to be used in ransomware. Treat that date as your deadline.
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Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, and Microsoft Office 2016 allow an attacker to run arbitrary code in the context of the current user by failing to properly handle objects in memory, aka "Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability". This CVE ID is unique from CVE-2017-11884.
- CVSS
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due May 3, 2022; known ransomware useApply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 99.94% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- microsoft
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office microsoft:office (from the name) | Microsoft Office 2007 Service Pack 3, Microsoft Office 2010 Service Pack 2, Microsoft Office 2013 Service Pack 1, Microsoft Office 2016 | CNA record |
microsoft office microsoft:office | 2007; 2010; 2013; 2016 | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, third-party-advisory
- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882x-refsource-confirm, patch, vendor-advisory
- https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/x-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783vdb-entry, x-refsource-sectrack, third-party-advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280third-party-advisory, x-refsource-cert-vn, us-government-resource
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, patch, third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploitx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/x-refsource-misc, exploit, mitigation, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-11882us-government-resource
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