Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability

HIGH 7.8EXPLOITED (CISA KEV)CVE-2017-11882 · Published 15/11/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

Microsoft Office Memory Corruption Vulnerability. Actively exploited: CISA added this vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 03/11/2021. Patch affected systems as an emergency. It is known to be used in ransomware campaigns.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
office microsoft	`= 2007= 2010= 2013= 2016`	No fix yet

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

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

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