AEGLIX vulnerability intelligence
CVE-2017-11882
HIGH · CVSS 7.8 · Analyzed
Published: 2017-11-15 · Updated: 2026-06-17 · Source: NVD
Vulnerability overview
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.
Severity and scoring
- CVSS score
- 7.8 · HIGH
- CVSS version
- 3.1
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119
CVSS measures technical severity; it does not establish whether this vulnerability is being exploited in your environment.
Known exploitation and remediation
Listed in CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Affected product
- Microsoft · Office
- Added to catalog
- 2021-11-03
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- CISA remediation due date
- 2022-05-03
CISA deadlines apply to the organizations covered by its directives. Confirm your own remediation requirements.
Verify affected versions and patch availability in the vendor advisory before making changes.
Affected products and versions
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
These are NVD CPE applicability entries. Some products depend on configuration conditions; consult the official record to confirm applicability.
Advisories and references
- 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
- 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
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-11882
US Government Resource