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CVE-2017-11882

high

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

https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421280

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039783

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101757

https://thehackernews.com/2025/05/initial-access-brokers-target-brazil.html

https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/kimsuky-exploits-bluekeep-rdp.html

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https://securelist.com/sidewinder-apt-updates-its-toolset-and-targets-nuclear-sector/115847/

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https://thehackernews.com/2024/06/china-linked-valleyrat-malware.html

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https://www.ptsecurity.com/ww-en/analytics/pt-esc-threat-intelligence/steganoamor-campaign-ta558-mass-attacking-companies-and-public-institutions-all-around-the-world/

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-steganoamor-attacks-use-steganography-to-target-320-orgs-globally/?&web_view=true

https://therecord.media/cloud-atlas-targets-russian-orgs-war-phishing?&web_view=true

https://www.zscaler.com/blogs/security-research/threat-actors-exploit-cve-2017-11882-deliver-agent-tesla

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https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-11882

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-15

Updated: 2025-04-20

Named Vulnerability: Equation Editor ExploitKnown Exploited Vulnerability (KEV)

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 9.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.94384

Vulnerability Watch

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Vulnerability of Interest