Known Exploited Vulnerability
7.8
HIGH
CVE-2017-11882
Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability - [Actively Exploited]
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Nov. 15, 2017, 3:29 a.m.

Last Modified :

March 16, 2021, 5:21 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

5.9

Exploitability Score :

1.8
CISA Notification
CISA KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities)

For the benefit of the cybersecurity community and network defenders—and to help every organization better manage vulnerabilities and keep pace with threat activity—CISA maintains the authoritative source of vulnerabilities that have been exploited in the wild.

Description :

Microsoft Office contains a memory corruption vulnerability that allows remote code execution in the context of the current user.

Required Action :

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2017-11882 has a 168 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Microsoft office
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2017-11882.

URL Resource
http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago
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Born at : Oct. 1, 2024, 10:05 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Performed basic static and dynamic malware analysis using Remnux, identified malicious RTF exploits and tracked associated IPs and domains for comprehensive threat assessment.

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Sept. 22, 2024, 8:24 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Sept. 3, 2024, 4:31 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Examining the phases of an attack using “Dragonfish's Elise Malware”, specifically, exploring the exploitation of vulnerability CVE-2017-11882.

Updated: 4 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : July 11, 2024, 4:15 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

cobalt_strike_tutorials

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : July 9, 2024, 10:10 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

This is a simulation of attack by (Ember Bear) APT group targeting energy Organizations in Ukraine the attack campaign was active from least March 2021, The attack chain starts wit spear phishing email sent to an employee of the organization, which used a social engineering theme that suggested the individual had committed a crime

Batchfile Python C++ PowerShell

Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago
4 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : June 16, 2024, 11:42 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Malware Analysis Lab with REMNUX. Performed Static Analysis.

Updated: 4 months, 2 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : May 24, 2024, 4:33 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : April 20, 2024, 11:13 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 6 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : April 19, 2024, 9:51 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

Instructions, Guide and report of Project

Updated: 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : March 24, 2024, 12:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 9 months, 3 weeks ago
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Born at : Jan. 21, 2024, 4:57 p.m. This repo has been linked 6 different CVEs too.

The following was is the Phishing Prevention room in the Try Hack Me Soc 1 path.

Updated: 11 months, 3 weeks ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 23, 2023, 7:52 a.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Config files for my GitHub profile.

config github-config

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 17, 2023, 2:06 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

RedTeam link

Updated: 6 months, 4 weeks ago
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Born at : Nov. 7, 2023, 2:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 34 different CVEs too.

None

Updated: 1 year ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Oct. 30, 2023, 9:52 p.m. This repo has been linked 1 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2017-11882 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 16, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed CVSS V3 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ No Types Assigned https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about [Broken Link]
    Added Reference https://web.archive.org/web/20181104111128/https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about/ [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ No Types Assigned https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Third Party Advisory http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Third Party Advisory https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Technical Description, Third Party Advisory https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Third Party Advisory https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 31, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/rxwx/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 12, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://researchcenter.paloaltonetworks.com/2017/12/unit42-analysis-of-cve-2017-11882-exploit-in-the-wild/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/unamer/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 No Types Assigned http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html No Types Assigned https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882 Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html No Types Assigned https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 No Types Assigned https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 No Types Assigned http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about No Types Assigned https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit No Types Assigned https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ No Types Assigned https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 No Types Assigned https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-119
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2007:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2010:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2013:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:2016:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 05, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://reversingminds-blog.logdown.com/posts/3907313-fileless-attack-in-word-without-macros-cve-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 29, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/official-patch-for-cve-2017-11882-meets.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 23, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43163/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://github.com/embedi/CVE-2017-11882 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://github.com/0x09AL/CVE-2017-11882-metasploit [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://0patch.blogspot.com/2017/11/did-microsoft-just-manually-patch-their.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 17, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://embedi.com/blog/skeleton-closet-ms-office-vulnerability-you-didnt-know-about [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 16, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

97.44 }} 0.00%

score

0.99941

percentile

CVSS31 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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Attack Complexity
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