Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2017-11826ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:42369 | Date: (C)2017-10-12 (M)2023-05-09 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: windows |
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when the software fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could run arbitrary code in the context of the current user. If the current user is logged on with administrative user rights, an attacker could take control of the affected system. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data; or create new accounts with full user rights. Users whose accounts are configured to have fewer user rights on the system could be less impacted than users who operate with administrative user rights. Exploitation of the vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software. In an email attack scenario, an attacker could exploit the vulnerability by sending the specially crafted file to the user and convincing the user to open the file. In a web-based attack scenario, an attacker could host a website (or leverage a compromised website that accepts or hosts user-provided content) containing a specially crafted file designed to exploit the vulnerability. An attacker would have no way to force users to visit the website. Instead, an attacker would have to convince users to click a link, typically by way of an enticement in an email or instant message, and then convince them to open the specially crafted file. The security update addresses the vulnerability by correcting how Office handles objects in memory.
Platform: |
Microsoft Windows Server 2022 |
Microsoft Windows 11 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2019 |
Microsoft Windows 7 |
Microsoft Windows 8 |
Microsoft Windows 8.1 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Vista |
Microsoft Windows 10 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 |
Microsoft Windows Server 2016 |
Microsoft Windows XP |
Product: |
Microsoft Office Web Apps 2010 |
Microsoft Office Web Apps Server 2013 |
Microsoft Word Viewer |
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2016 |
Microsoft Word 2007 |
Microsoft Word 2010 |
Microsoft Word 2013 |
Microsoft Word 2016 |
Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack |
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 |
Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 |