CVE-2017-11882
Microsoft Corporation Microsoft Office
Published 15 Nov 2017 · updated 17 Jun 2026 · Analyzed
7.8 High · CVSS 3.1, NVD
Exploited in the wild
CISA added this to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 3 Nov 2021, with a remediation deadline of 3 May 2022 for US federal agencies. It has been used in ransomware campaigns.
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
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.
References
- reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 · Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- 0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- 0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html · Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 · Patch, Vendor Advisory
- researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ · Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ · Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ · Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 · Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-11882 · US Government Resource