Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability - CVE-2017-8631 (Mac OS X)ID: oval:org.secpod.oval:def:42082 | Date: (C)2017-09-14 (M)2023-10-09 |
Class: VULNERABILITY | Family: macos |
A remote code execution vulnerability exists in Microsoft Office software when it fails to properly handle objects in memory. An attacker who successfully exploited the vulnerability could use a specially crafted file to perform actions in the security context of the current user. For example, the file could then take actions on behalf of the logged-on user with the same permissions as the current user. Exploitation of this vulnerability requires that a user open a specially crafted file with an affected version of Microsoft Office software.
Platform: |
Apple Mac OS 12 |
Apple Mac OS 11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.15 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.14 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.13 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.8 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.10 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X 10.12 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.8 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.9 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.10 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.11 |
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.12 |
Product: |
Microsoft Office 2011 for Mac |
Microsoft Word 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft PowerPoint 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft Outlook 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft OneNote 2016 for Mac |
Microsoft Excel 2016 for Mac |